Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tholey, St Wendel, Saarland, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 214897
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214897.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tholey, St Wendel, Saarland, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Schaumberg
Steinbach

Latitude: 49°29'11"N
Longitude: 7°1'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.486388888889,7.0294444444444

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	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Harmotome	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Harmotome Malachite
Marcasite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	61922	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	61924	3250
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	61924	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	61924	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	61924	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	61924	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	61924	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	61924	3531
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	61922	1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	61924	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	61924	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	61924	7437
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	61924	290
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	61924	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	61924	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	61924	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	61924	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	61924	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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