Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lanwehr Quarry, Müschede, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 1923
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1923.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lanwehr Quarry, Müschede, Arnsberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°24'1"N
Longitude: 8°1'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.400277777778,8.0169444444444

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum
Halotrichite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Sulphur Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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