Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Braunfels, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 217955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Braunfels, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Altenkirchen
Florentine Mine
Gutglück Mine
Philippstein

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Beraunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Rutile	Wavellite

Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Eleonorite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*
Siderite ()*	Strengite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Mn O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Beraunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite Lepidocrocite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rockbridgeite Rutile Wavellite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	59171	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	59171	11547
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	59173	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	59170,59171	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	59170,59171	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	59171	27198
Eleonorite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	59173	51
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	59170,59171	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	59170,59171,59172	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	59171	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	59170,59171	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	59171	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	59172	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	59171	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	59173	206
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	59170,59171	6417
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	59173	263
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	59173	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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