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Locality Name:
Katzenbuckel, Eberbach, Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 208526
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208526.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Katzenbuckel, Eberbach, Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Michelsberg Quarry

Latitude: 49°28'8"N
Longitude: 9°2'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.468888888889,9.0441666666667

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H Mg O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteBerylCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteCrichtonite
DiasporeFeldsparGypsumLepidocrociteMarcasiteMicaNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PseudobrookitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelThomsonite
TitaniteTridymiteValleriite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Anatase  (*)Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Freudenbergite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Landauite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Lizardite  (*)
Lorenzenite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nosean  (*)Oxyphlogopite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61579341022
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21579342162
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61579342060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41579345516
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O157934280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15793427770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1579345707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215793427198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181579341008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1579344165
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1579342740
Freudenbergite  (*)NoneNa(Ti4+3Fe3+)O81579348
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3157934504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1579346890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315793414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31579345433
Landauite  (*)Crichtonite(Na,Pb)(Mn2+,Y)(Zn,Fe)2(Ti,Fe3+,Nb)18(O,OH,F)O381579345
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4157934359
Lorenzenite  (*)NoneNa2Ti2O3(Si2O6)15793482
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4157934229
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)215793479
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415793414899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21579345674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1579341508
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1579341236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)157934884
Nosean  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·H2O15793475
Oxyphlogopite  (*)MicaK(Mg,Ti,Fe)3[(Si,Al)4O10](O,F)21579345
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21579342273
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5157934164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215793439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81579349056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215793461156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)157934598
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51579341516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15793421482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41579341934
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O157934452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1579344899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]0237



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