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Locality Name:
Bonn, Siebengebirge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 214725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonn, Siebengebirge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bad Godesberg
Finkenberg
Oberkassel (Obercassel)

Latitude: 50°42'15"N
Longitude: 7°9'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.704166666667,7.1580555555556

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundum
FeldsparMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RutileSpinelTitaniteWollastoniteZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Opal  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1607368803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5260735,607361310
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)360735,60736,607383250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61607362060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)260735,6073611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)360735,60736,6073927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216073627198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18260735,607361008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31607361797
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1607392970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61607364135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21607399895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6160736944
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1607362740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1607361188
Graphite  (*)NoneC1607362812
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4160736407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3260735,607365433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41607361507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4260736,6073914899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21607365800
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O360735,60736,607392994
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21607362273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216073639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8360735,60736,607399056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216073961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21607365614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)160736598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)260735,607366417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5260735,607361516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41607351934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1607364899
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31607361247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)260736,607385251



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