Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Heddernheim Slag Locality, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 224546
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224546.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heddernheim Slag Locality, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cristobalite	Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Spinel

Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Devilline ()*	Gahnite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Langite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Simonkolleite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Wülfingite ()*	Zinc ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Chalcophyllite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite
Cristobalite Cyanotrichite Devilline Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Spinel

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			27770
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O			194
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂			179
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			366
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			445
Graphite ()*	None	C			2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1066
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			593
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			12537
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O			309
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂			454
Simonkolleite ()*	None	Zn₅(OH)₈Cl₂·H₂O	0	0	11
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1101
Wülfingite ()*	Cristobalite	Zn(OH)₂			5
Zinc ()*	None	Zn			52

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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