Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Herne, Ruhr Coal Mining Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 146096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Herne, Ruhr Coal Mining Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Friedrich Der Große Mine
Julia Mine
Unser Fritz Mine
Wanne-Eickel

Latitude: 51°32'37"N
Longitude: 7°10'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.543611111111,7.1808333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Alunite	Atacamite	Baryte	Blödite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Coquimbite
Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Metavoltine	Millerite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Römerite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tamarugite
Voltaite

Ankerite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Baryte ()*	Blödite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferrinatrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mendozite ()*	Metavoltine ()*
Millerite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Römerite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sideronatrite ()*
Siderotil ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Szomolnokite ()*
Tamarugite ()*	Voltaite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Atacamite Baryte Blödite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Coquimbite
Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Kaolinite Kieserite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Metavoltine Millerite
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Römerite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tamarugite
Voltaite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	60475,60478	3092
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	60478	544
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	60474,60475,60478	11547
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	60475	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	60474,60475,60476,60478	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	60474,60475,60476,60478	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	60475	382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	1	60475	136
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	60474,60475,60476,60478	9895
Ferrinatrite ()*	None	Na₃Fe³⁺(SO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	60475	25
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	60474,60475,60478	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	60475	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	60475,60478	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	60475	409
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	60475	251
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	60478	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	60474,60475,60476,60478	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	60475	915
Mendozite ()*	None	NaAl(SO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	60475	28
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	60475	78
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	3	60474,60475,60476	1066
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	60475	112
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	60475	254
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	60475	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	60474,60475,60476,60478	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	60478	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	60474,60475,60476,60478	61156
Römerite ()*	Römerite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₄·14H₂O	1	60475	115
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	60475	6417
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	1	60475	73
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	60475	84
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	60475	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	60474,60475,60478	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	60475,60478	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	60475	139
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	60475	87
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	60475	111

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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