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Locality Name:
Giessen, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 22195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giessen, Hesse, Germany": 56
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Annerod
Buseck
Dillenburg
Eschenburg
Großen-Buseck
Grünberg
Haiger
Hausen
Herborn
Hungen
Lindener Mark
Rabenau
Steinbach

Latitude: 50°36'31"N
Longitude: 8°41'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.608611111111,8.6838888888889

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	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chabazite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gismondine	Gypsum	Harmotome
Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite	Tridymite	Vivianite	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 As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chabazite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Gismondine Gypsum Harmotome
Malachite Marcasite Millerite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Tetrahedrite Thomsonite Tridymite Vivianite Wavellite

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Faujasite-Ca ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gismondine ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Inesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Millerite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Neotocite ()*
Offretite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Saponite ()*
Siderite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Tridymite ()*	Wavellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	59056	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	59028	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	59024	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	59032	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	8	59013,59036,59038,59044,59054,59058,59060,59065	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	59023	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	59032,59044,59063	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	59021,59022,59028,59030	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	59022,59024,59058,59060	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	59028	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	14	59020,59021,59022,59023,59024,59025,59030,59032,59042,59044,59056,59058,59060,59065	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	59028	4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	2	59011,59033	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	59021,59022,59023,59024,59025,59028,59030	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	2	59024,59042	577
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	59023,59025	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	59025,59028,59030	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	59022,59030	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	59022,59030	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	59024,59058,59060	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	59058,59060	814
Faujasite-Ca ()*	None	(Ca,Na,Mg)₂(Si,Al)₁₂O₂₄·15H₂O	2	59011,59032	12
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	59063	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	59028,59030	24243
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	59044	128
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	59024,59042,59058,59060	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	59042	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	59044	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	59024,59036,59038,59042,59054,59058,59060	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	59063	5433
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	59020	50
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	59063	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	59021,59022,59023,59024,59028,59030	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	59058,59060	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	59022	5674
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	59056	425
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	59058,59060	1066
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	5	59033,59054,59056,59063,59065	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	6	59011,59033,59044,59049,59054,59056	1236
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	59020	186
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	4	59011,59032,59054,59056	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5	59032,59044,59054,59056,59063	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	59032	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	59021,59022,59024,59028,59030,59042	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	59058,59060	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	59028	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	59021,59022,59023,59024,59028,59030,59042,59044,59058,59060	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	59058,59060	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	59022	969
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	59054	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	59024,59028,59030	6417
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	59028	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	3	59022,59023,59025	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	59030	5317
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	59056	452
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	59063	458
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	59024	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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