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Locality Name:
Föckinghausen Quarry, Bestwig, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 17776
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17776.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Föckinghausen Quarry, Bestwig, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Cu Fe H O P Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H O P Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphosideriteQuartzTurquoiseVivianiteWavellite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Cacoxenite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Faustite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Planerite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Strengite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Vantasselite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Faustite  (*)TurquoiseZnAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O024
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O043
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484
Vantasselite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl4(PO4)3(OH)3·9H2O05
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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