Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cernay, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

mindat Locality ID: 1748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cernay, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Steinbach
Wattwiller

Latitude: 47°49'49"N
Longitude: 7°7'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.830277777778,7.1272222222222

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gartrellite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Segnitite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Zincrosasite ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Devilline Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Linarite Malachite
Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	53869	2793
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	53869	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	6	53865,53867,53868,53869,53870,53875	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	7	53862,53863,53865,53868,53869,53872,53875	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	53862,53869,53872,53875	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	53869	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	53867,53869,53875	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	13	53859,53861,53862,53863,53865,53867,53868,53869,53872,53875,53876,53878,53879	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	53868,53869	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	53863,53865,53868,53869,53872,53875	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	3	53868,53869,53870	359
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	1	53867	88
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	7	53865,53866,53867,53868,53869,53870,53875	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	53865,53867,53868,53869,53870,53875	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	53875	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	53868,53869,53870,53875	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	53867,53869	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	53869	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	53862,53865,53868,53869,53870,53875	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	6	53865,53867,53868,53869,53875,53876	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	53861,53863,53865,53867,53868,53869,53870,53875,53876,53879	24243
Gartrellite ()*	None	PbCuFe³⁺(AsO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O	1	53867	41
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5	53860,53861,53862,53872,53874	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	53868,53869,53877	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	53876	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	53869,53870	1689
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	53868	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	4	53867,53868,53869,53870	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	53865,53866,53868,53869,53875	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	53865,53868,53869,53875	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	53868	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	53861,53865,53867,53868,53869	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	5	53859,53865,53867,53868,53869	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	53860,53862,53863,53865,53867,53868,53869,53870,53875,53876,53878	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	53869	177
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	53869	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	53869	5614
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	53867	134
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	8	53861,53862,53863,53865,53868,53869,53870,53872	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	53868,53869	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	53869,53870	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	53863,53865,53867,53868,53869,53870,53875,53879	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	53875	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	53869	1101
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	53869	95
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	53868	1655
Zincrosasite ()*	Malachite	(Zn,Cu)₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	53869	28

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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