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Locality Name:
Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 20258
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20258.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Idria Mine
Laufenderstein Mine
Niederscheld
Oberscheld
St Nicolaus Mine
Thomas Mine

Latitude: 50°44'36"N
Longitude: 8°19'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.743333333333,8.3308333333333

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteEpsomiteGypsumLinariteMalachiteMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PerovskitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteVivianite
Wavellite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Azurite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Inesite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2259142,591483092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O159147445
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21591505509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)159137161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)559142,59144,59146,59148,5915011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31591471935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)759139,59142,59143,59144,59147,59148,5915027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1591505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2659135,59142,59144,59147,59148,5915027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8159148577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1591503531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1591352600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS159147966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1591503846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1591502970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2359142,59147,591489895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1591438173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O159147814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15914724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1591487437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1591486890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3659136,59142,59143,59144,59147,5914814640
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O15914750
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2159151987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4259147,5914814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2359142,59148,5915012537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1591471066
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O15914784
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs159147633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3159147176
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS159147767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2559135,59142,59144,59147,5914839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81591479056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2759137,59142,59144,59146,59147,59148,5915061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)359142,59147,591486417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3159147531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15914721482
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O259142,59148374



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