Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Steinfurt, Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 146451
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146451.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Steinfurt, Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Hopsten
Hörstel
Ibbenbüren
Lengerich
Rheine
Tecklenburg
Wettringen

Latitude: 52°15'41"N
Longitude: 7°36'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.261388888889,7.6108333333333

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum
Iron	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Iron ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Susannite ()*
Taenite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Troilite ()*	Whewellite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum
Iron Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Millerite None Not in a structural group Oxalate Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	3	60380,60384,60385	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	60384,60385,60386	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	60380,60382,60386	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	60379	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	60384,60385	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	60380,60382,60386,60389,60392	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	60382,60384,60385	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	60384	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	60380,60386,60388,60389,60392,60393,60395,60396,60401	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	60384,60385	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	60384,60385	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	60380,60384,60385,60386	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	60379	3902
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	60380,60384	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	60380,60386	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	60379	944
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	60386	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	60380,60384,60385,60386	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	60382,60384,60385	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	60380	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	60380	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	60380,60383,60386	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	60384,60385	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	60384,60385	1066
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	60379	1089
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	60380,60384,60385,60386	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	8	60380,60382,60386,60388,60389,60392,60395,60396	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	60382	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	60380	1066
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	60379	1512
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	60384	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	60380,60382,60384,60385,60386,60388,60389,60392,60395,60396,60400,60401	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	60380,60382,60383,60384,60385,60386,60399	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	60379	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5	60380,60382,60384,60385,60386	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	60380,60384,60385	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	60380,60384,60385,60386	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	3	60389,60392,60393	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	60380	2045
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	60384	99
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	60379	703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	60384,60385	5317
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	60379	1044
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	1	60380	66

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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