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Locality Name:
Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 217

mindat Locality ID: 17799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 180
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 110

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Arnsberg
Bad Wünnenberg
Balve
Brilon
Hagen
Iserlohn
Lennestadt
Lüdenscheid
Marsberg
Meschede
Olsberg
Plettenberg
Rüthen
Sundern
Warstein
Winterberg

Latitude: 51°20'53"N
Longitude: 8°12'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.348055555556,8.2161111111111

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 Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAjoiteAllophaneAlluauditeAlumAlumohydrocalciteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcime
AndalusiteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteAtacamiteAxinite
BaryteBerauniteBerthieriteBismutiteBournoniteBrochantiteBrookiteBrownmilleriteBruciteCalcite
CaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCheniteClayClinozoisiteConnellite
CopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDanburiteDevilline
DiasporeDufréniteDundasiteEnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteEttringiteFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
GraftoniteGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteHureauliteHydrotalciteIronKaoliniteKtenasiteLöllingite
LaueiteLepidocrociteLinariteLindackeriteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeliliteMica
MilleriteMiniumNatroliteNickelineNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePalmieritePectolite
PerhamitePerovskitePhenakitePhosphosideritePolybasitePrehnitePseudobrookitePyritePyrochlorePyroxene
QuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltRutileRömeriteScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSpangolite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStarkeyiteStibniteStrunziteSulphurSymplesiteTalcTapiolite
TarbuttiteTetrahedriteTridymiteTurquoiseUllmanniteVivianiteVoltaiteWavelliteWollastoniteWoodwardite
WurtziteZinkeniteZircon

322 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Ajoite  (*)Akaganeite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)
Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Alunite  (*)
Alunogen  (*)Ammoniojarosite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anandite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Antimony  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Atacamite  (*)Augite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bazhenovite  (*)
Beraunite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Beusite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bonattite  (*)Bornite  (*)Botallackite  (*)
Bottinoite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Brownmillerite  (*)Brucite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carlhintzeite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalconatronite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Chenite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Claraite  (*)Claudetite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinoferrosilite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Danburite  (*)Datolite  (*)Devilline  (*)Diadochite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Elyite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ettringite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Faustite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Ferrarisite  (*)
Ferricopiapite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)Ferrinatrite  (*)Ferristrunzite  (*)Ferrisymplesite  (*)
Ferroalluaudite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Ferrostrunzite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Fougèrite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Franklinite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Garavellite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)
Gerhardtite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Glaucocerinite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gordaite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hannebachite  (*)Hardystonite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Heteromorphite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Hureaulite  (*)Hydrobasaluminite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Imiterite  (*)
Iron  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Johillerite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kermesite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Koninckite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)
Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Larsenite  (*)Laueite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Lead  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Litharge  (*)Luzonite  (*)Macphersonite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Matulaite  (*)
Melanotekite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mendipite  (*)Mendozite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Mereheadite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Metaswitzerite  (*)Metavivianite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Monohydrocalcite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nahcolite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Ordoñezite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)Palmierite  (*)Paradamite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parascholzite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Perhamite  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Planerite  (*)
Plattnerite  (*)Plumboferrite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Polydymite  (*)
Portlandite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Quenstedtite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Realgar  (*)
Redgillite  (*)Retgersite  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Robertsite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Römerite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scholzite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Schultenite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Semseyite  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderotil  (*)Silver  (*)
Simonkolleite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stranskiite  (*)
Strengite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sundiusite  (*)
Susannite  (*)Switzerite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetraferriannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Tin  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Vaesite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Vantasselite  (*)Variscite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Voltaite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Woodruffite  (*)
Woodwardite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Wüstite  (*)
Yeomanite  (*)Zinc  (*)Zincaluminite  (*)Zincite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S372217360582,60619,606582793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)372217260582,60619254
Ajoite  (*)AjoiteK3Cu2+20Al3Si29O76(OH)16·8H2O37221716061911
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O16058263
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O716058250
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)260685,606878803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O393217460592,60602,60619,60642470
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O16058292
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O37221716061946
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6160582966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O260260160602272
Ammoniojarosite  (*)Alunite(NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)616052530
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O360631,60685,606871627
Anandite  (*)Mica ClayBaFe2+3(Si3Fe3+)O10S(OH)1605825
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2372217260628,606622162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3722171360514,60517,60525,60526,60568,60572,60582,60584,60602,60622,60623,60658,606742734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)260582,606751588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23722171060514,60566,60568,60587,60619,60643,60663,60665,60683,606873092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O372217160623445
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1605821036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2160687718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4160687708
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb160582363
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4260260260582,60602246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3722172460510,60514,60517,60521,60524,60525,60529,60550,60564,60568,60582,60584,60602,60620,60631,60643,60647,60648,60651,60658,60663,60665,60671,606853250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3372217160623231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS372217260623,606879052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O160662143
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3260260160602544
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61605822060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6372217660529,60568,60584,60602,60623,60665919
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2160687260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23722171760514,60517,60521,60522,60524,60529,60584,60595,60601,60604,60619,60647,60648,60658,60669,60671,606745509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3932173360510,60514,60515,60521,60522,60524,60525,60529,60553,60554,60564,60568,60584,60592,60596,60601,60602,60619,60631,60643,60647,60648,60652,60658,60663,60665,60668,60669,60671,60674,60676,60683,6068511547
Bazhenovite  (*)NoneCa8S5(S2O3)(OH)12·20H2O001605829
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O160524136
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4160525343
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6372217260582,60619413
Beusite  (*)GraftoniteMn2+Mn2+2(PO4)216058239
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7372217360525,60582,60619450
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3260514,605251935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)160514716
Bonattite  (*)NoneCu(SO4)·3H2O37221716062221
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4393217760592,60602,60609,60610,60619,60642,606585516
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)316058249
Bottinoite  (*)NoneNiSb5+2(OH)12·6H2O37221716062316
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11372217560525,60621,60622,60623,60629843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3372217460525,60621,60622,606231089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb372217260617,60619175
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4372217360582,60620,6062279
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6372217760514,60517,60582,60602,60622,60624,606581633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2372217160628700
Brownmillerite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+AlO516058221
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2160582462
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O460524,60615,60662,60671280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3932176260510,60511,60512,60514,60517,60521,60524,60525,60529,60530,60534,60536,60537,60540,60541,60543,60547,60550,60553,60554,60558,60564,60566,60568,60574,60577,60581,60582,60584,60586,60588,60589,60591,60592,60601,60602,60609,60610,60612,60614,60617,60620,60623,60628,60631,60643,60647,60648,60651,60658,60663,60665,60668,60669,60671,60673,60674,60676,60677,60683,60685,6068727770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6372217360582,60622,60658359
Carlhintzeite  (*)NoneCa2AlF7·H2O1605828
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21605825171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)260260260606,606871252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3722171960517,60525,60529,60558,60568,60572,60582,60584,60587,60595,60596,60620,60622,60623,60625,60644,60658,60674,606854979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4160525352
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O372217360582,60602,60619925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O16058291
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S372217460601,60602,60619,606585707
Chalconatronite  (*)NoneNa2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O372217260620,6062223
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O372217260582,60619197
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O372217260521,60622194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23932174460510,60511,60514,60518,60521,60524,60525,60529,60553,60554,60564,60568,60572,60581,60582,60584,60591,60592,60595,60596,60601,60602,60614,60617,60622,60623,60631,60643,60647,60648,60651,60658,60663,60665,60668,60669,60671,60673,60674,60676,60677,60683,60685,6068727198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2372217260525,60619162
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)6372217260620,6065840
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41605823902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O372217360521,60619,606423531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4160687951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS393217660568,60582,60592,60619,60658,606832600
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O16058240
Claudetite  (*)NoneAs2O316052535
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe260260160602281
Clinoferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O616058218
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1606871025
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O372217360582,60602,60619295
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O260260160602382
Copper  (*)CopperCu3722171060517,60524,60582,60584,60601,60603,60622,60642,60658,606713846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6372217160619151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS372217960514,60572,60582,60584,60602,60619,60642,60658,606744165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6360615,60662,60671310
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2160582453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16160524599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3722171460514,60517,60521,60524,60572,60581,60582,60584,60601,60603,60619,60642,60658,606712970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2260260360582,60602,60658179
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8260685,60687148
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)260685,60687498
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O372217460514,60602,60619,60620366
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O16052481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4372217260521,60619651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23932174460510,60511,60514,60518,60521,60524,60525,60529,60540,60547,60550,60558,60564,60568,60572,60574,60581,60582,60584,60586,60587,60591,60592,60601,60602,60609,60610,60612,60614,60623,60629,60631,60643,60647,60648,60651,60654,60658,60663,60665,60674,60676,60683,606859895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O160671139
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O37221716061997
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O16058250
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O372217460517,60582,60619,6065885
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4260581,60582910
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6160582944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1606878173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O372217260602,60619814
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O260517,6058293
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4260260160602163
Faustite  (*)TurquoiseZnAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O16061524
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)260517,60582371
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O16058266
Ferrarisite  (*)LindackeriteCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O0016062311
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O37221716061941
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)2260517,6058286
Ferrinatrite  (*)NoneNa3Fe3+(SO4)3·3H2O372217260602,6061925
Ferristrunzite  (*)StrunziteFe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O260523,6058214
Ferrisymplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O16058221
Ferroalluaudite  (*)AlluauditeNaFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)316058211
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O616058284
Ferrostrunzite  (*)StrunziteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O260508,6052419
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3722171606232740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O160687303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22602601160510,60512,60521,60524,60525,60568,60574,60584,60601,60614,606319617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1605821188
Fougèrite  (*)HydrotalciteFe2+4Fe3+2(OH)12(CO3)·3H2O16058220
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4372217260619,6062449
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O416058252
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12160524663
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4160582445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3932174760510,60514,60521,60522,60524,60525,60529,60537,60553,60554,60558,60564,60568,60572,60574,60582,60584,60586,60588,60589,60592,60595,60596,60601,60602,60609,60610,60612,60614,60621,60622,60623,60629,60631,60643,60644,60647,60648,60658,60669,60671,60674,60676,60677,60683,60685,6068724243
Garavellite  (*)BerthieriteFeSbBiS416052510
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7160582114
Gerhardtite  (*)NoneCu2(NO3)(OH)337221716062224
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3260260160602504
Glaucocerinite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)16058220
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3722172460514,60517,60521,60524,60525,60529,60540,60547,60558,60568,60582,60584,60591,60595,60602,60619,60622,60642,60644,60651,60654,60658,60662,606717437
Gold  (*)CopperAu372217360599,60602,6061930554
Gordaite  (*)KtenasiteNaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl·6H2O16058217
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O160582188
Graphite  (*)NoneC372217260582,606192812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS372217360582,60584,60619717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3932171860514,60517,60518,60521,60524,60525,60529,60564,60569,60582,60584,60592,60601,60602,60620,60624,60662,606836890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O393383360521,60582,60592409
Hannebachite  (*)NoneCa(SO3)·0.5H2O16051712
Hardystonite  (*)MeliliteCa2ZnSi2O716058214
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33722172860514,60529,60540,60547,60549,60550,60553,60554,60558,60564,60568,60577,60582,60584,60586,60591,60601,60602,60619,60647,60648,60652,60665,60671,60673,60674,60676,6068314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O372217960517,60582,60587,60620,60622,60623,60643,60658,606651689
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S1916052538
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O260260160602251
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6372217360525,60582,6061957
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16160652243
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O372217160619103
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O160582125
Hydrobasaluminite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·15H2O16058212
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O16058230
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2460517,60542,60582,60658201
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O160517341
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6260525,6058265
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH160518367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6372217760514,60517,60540,60582,60584,60619,606431066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33722171606285433
Imiterite  (*)NoneAg2HgS2372217260620,6062317
Iron  (*)IronFe1605821089
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14160525784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6372217560517,60524,60582,60619,606622228
Johillerite  (*)AlluauditeNaCuMgMg2(AsO4)31605824
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4372217460602,60619,60662,606855591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2260525,60582230
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)16067153
Koninckite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·3H2O260524,6066219
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O37221716061960
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O372217260582,6061975
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)260582,6065897
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O372217460582,60602,60622,60623593
Larsenite  (*)NoneZnPb(SiO4)1605266
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O16058270
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1606851271
Lead  (*)CopperPb260517,60582192
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2372217360582,60622,60658265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)372217860524,60581,60582,60602,60619,60654,60662,60671581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2372217760517,60582,60595,60620,60622,60623,60658987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4372217160619249
Litharge  (*)NonePbO360517,60582,60658139
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4160582198
Macphersonite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)216065811
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4160582311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4372217260582,6061914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23722173060510,60514,60517,60521,60524,60525,60529,60564,60568,60572,60581,60582,60584,60595,60596,60601,60602,60622,60642,60647,60648,60658,60668,60669,60671,60674,60675,60676,60683,6068512537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)160654770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23932174060510,60511,60514,60518,60521,60524,60537,60540,60541,60550,60564,60568,60574,60581,60582,60584,60586,60587,60591,60592,60601,60602,60609,60610,60614,60617,60619,60623,60625,60631,60643,60647,60648,60658,60669,60671,60674,60683,60685,606875674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO360517,60582,60658202
Matulaite  (*)NoneFe3+Al7(PO4)4(PO3OH)2(OH)8(H2O)8·8H2O16067110
Melanotekite  (*)NonePb2Fe3+2O2(Si2O7)16058222
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O393217560582,60592,60602,60619,60648915
Mendipite  (*)NonePb3O2Cl216054217
Mendozite  (*)NoneNaAl(SO4)2·11H2O16058228
Mercury  (*)NoneHg160683397
Mereheadite  (*)NonePb47O24(OH)13Cl25(BO3)2(CO3)1605424
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S316052587
Metaswitzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·4H2O16058222
Metavivianite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O16058226
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS372217960514,60564,60566,60584,60622,60623,60629,60631,606871066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl372217560525,60526,60582,60619,606581107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4372217260619,60658247
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O37221716061955
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)160582153
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2602601606021508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2372217360619,60662,6068517380
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)16058278
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O372217460582,60605,60620,6062258
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6160582128
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6260260160602254
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1606851236
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs372217360614,60617,60619633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3372217360570,60617,60619176
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)372217260582,60619492
Ordoñezite  (*)TapioliteZnSb5+2O61605827
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1606872349
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O372217260619,6062240
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)616058264
Palmierite  (*)PalmieriteK2Pb(SO4)2372217360582,60619,606228
Paradamite  (*)TarbuttiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)1605826
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS372217160620767
Parascholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O16058212
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O372217260582,60619124
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)360631,60685,60687363
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O16066219
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O360524,60582,60615182
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O260260160602265
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6160582303
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17372217460524,60525,60618,60619100
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O16061543
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2160658158
Plumboferrite  (*)MagnetoplumbitePb[Fe3+10.67Mn2+0.33Pb]O18.331605827
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6372217460582,60602,60619,60622477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]372217160619716
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4372217160619131
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)2260517,6058251
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O372217460572,60584,60602,60622309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2360631,60685,606871898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3372217160619733
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5160582164
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3372217260619,606581425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23932174860510,60511,60514,60518,60521,60524,60525,60540,60541,60564,60568,60569,60581,60582,60584,60586,60587,60591,60592,60601,60602,60609,60610,60612,60614,60617,60618,60620,60621,60623,60631,60639,60643,60647,60648,60651,60654,60656,60658,60663,60665,60669,60671,60674,60677,60683,60685,6068739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2372217660514,60524,60582,60619,60654,606713106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3722171160525,60558,60582,60587,60595,60620,60622,60623,60629,60644,606581725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8372217360582,60619,606319056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23932175860510,60511,60514,60518,60521,60524,60525,60529,60537,60540,60541,60547,60549,60553,60554,60558,60564,60568,60577,60581,60582,60584,60586,60587,60591,60592,60602,60612,60614,60615,60618,60619,60620,60621,60622,60623,60625,60626,60628,60631,60642,60643,60647,60648,60658,60662,60663,60665,60668,60669,60671,60673,60674,60675,60676,60683,60685,6068761156
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O26026016060217
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2372217160619233
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O37221716062268
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS372217160619712
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O372217360620,60622,6062545
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O37221716061955
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O37221716061957
Robertsite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Mn3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O16058236
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5260524,60671206
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O372217160619115
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2372217660517,60525,60582,60620,60622,60623454
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O372217260582,60619293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23722171606195614
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O16058220
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O372217560582,60602,60620,60622,60623142
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)37221716061930
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O160631390
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O3722171606201153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21372217660524,60525,60602,60618,60621,60623165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3160525179
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O372217660517,60582,60584,60602,60620,60624292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3722171760524,60525,60529,60550,60564,60582,60595,60618,60621,60622,60623,60643,60644,60654,60663,60665,606716417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O26026016060284
Silver  (*)CopperAg372217460582,60602,60619,606585186
Simonkolleite  (*)NoneZn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O00260517,6058211
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3160617531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)372217960529,60540,60582,60588,60589,60622,60643,60658,606742473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O372217360619,60620,60622105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3932173460514,60518,60521,60524,60525,60529,60537,60564,60574,60582,60584,60588,60589,60592,60596,60601,60602,60614,60618,60621,60622,60623,60629,60631,60639,60643,60654,60658,60669,60671,60674,60683,60685,6068721482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4372217160619586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S337221716061962
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)372217260525,60623446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3460524,60525,60582,606183418
Stranskiite  (*)NoneCuZn2(AsO4)21605825
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O460524,60615,60662,60671263
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)260683,60687589
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O260518,6052498
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS372217660521,60572,60582,60623,60648,606582045
Sundiusite  (*)NonePb10(SO4)O8Cl21605823
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2372217260622,6065899
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O16058221
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O16058292
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21606873337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13393260260592,606021803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO260260660581,60582,60601,60602,60642,606581101
Tetraferriannite  (*)MicaKFe2+3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)216058210
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13372217960520,60521,60522,60602,60621,60623,60658,60671,606835317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O160582183
Tin  (*)NoneSn16051763
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O372217260564,60619433
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2260517,60582458
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O260615,60662484
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS372217260621,60623293
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2160570106
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3372217560524,60525,60526,60582,60620369
Vantasselite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl4(PO4)3(OH)3·9H2O1606155
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O560615,60656,60662,60664,60671301
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)216058256
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O372217760517,60526,60582,60602,60615,60619,60671636
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O160648111
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O860524,60576,60615,60656,60662,60663,60664,60671374
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4160582303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31605171247
Woodruffite  (*)NoneZn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O16058225
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)372217260582,6061957
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O37221716062295
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4260582,606581655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS160582372
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO16058274
Yeomanite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb2O(OH)Cl1605422
Zinc  (*)NoneZn260517,6058252
Zincaluminite  (*)Woodwardite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)1605825
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO260517,6058298
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)216058228
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42360524,60525,60618228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3722171606195251



9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00122393383Middle Devonian host rock age      14842Meggen Mine, Lennestadt, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyMeggenTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00208388383Middle Devonian,uppermost Givetian        14842Meggen Mine, Lennestadt, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyMeggenSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedcu-00434260260U. Permian       Cu26147Marsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyMarsbergCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
Co-00071275235255U-Th-Pb      Co, Ni, Cu, Hg16063Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyRamsbeck II-BleialfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00072289217253U-Pb      Co, Ni, Cu, Hg16063Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyRamsbeck II-BleialfBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00073372352362U-Th-Pb      Co, Ni, Cu, Hg16063Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00074367313340U-Pb      Co, Ni, Cu, Hg16063Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Ni-00003372352362U-Th-Pb    Yes Ni, Cu34250Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Ni-00004367313340U-Pb    Yes Ni, Cu34250Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyRamsbeck I-HolzappelBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060263Dörnberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R060263


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