Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Slate Quarries, Lehesten, Wurzbach, Thuringia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 155918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slate Quarries, Lehesten, Wurzbach, Thuringia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°28'0"N
Longitude: 11°25'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.466666666667,11.433055555556

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.

Amarantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Copper	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Malachite
Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Aluminocopiapite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Copper ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hohmannite ()*	Lausenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Slavíkite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amarantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Copper Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Malachite
Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O			50
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			3846
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			484
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O			107
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			409
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			251
Hohmannite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·8H₂O			10
Lausenite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·5H₂O	0	0	4
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			915
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			6417
Slavíkite ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₃O)₃Mg₆Fe₁₅(SO₄)₂₁(OH)₁₈·98H₂O			44
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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