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Locality Name:
Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 1760
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1760.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wiesloch, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dämmelwald Clay Pit
Gänsberg
Segen Gottes Mine

Latitude: 49°17'31"N
Longitude: 8°41'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.291944444444,8.695

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: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Tl Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteGeocroniteGypsumMeneghiniteNone
Not in a structural groupOrpimentPyritePyrochloreRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteSulphur

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cattierite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geocronite  (*)Gratonite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hutchinsonite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jordanite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Livingstonite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Seligmannite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Smithite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1579102734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21579105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15791011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7157910450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15791027770
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS215790930
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1579104979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215791027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21579109895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15791024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23157910133
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S1515791024
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O257908,579106890
Hutchinsonite  (*)NoneTlPbAs5S91579108
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61579101066
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23157910105
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2157910230
Livingstonite  (*)NoneHgSb4S6(S)215791024
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24157910158
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S315791087
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1579101107
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3157910511
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17157910100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2257908,5791039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21579103106
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS157910712
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS315791064
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21157910165
Smithite  (*)NoneAgAsS215791011
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1579102473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15791021482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)157910446
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1579102045



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