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Locality Name:
Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 146117
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146117.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Buchholz

Latitude: 53°58'46"N
Longitude: 9°13'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.979444444444,9.2269444444444

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Augite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-gedrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21634853419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61634851022
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61634852060
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2163485309
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1634858173
Ferro-gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)216348511
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1634852740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21634859617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16348524243
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41634851507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416348514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21634875674
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)163486260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216348539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2263485,6348761156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51634851516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16348521482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1634854899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1634855251



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