Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Niederbachem, Wachtberg, Siebengebirge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 228373
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228373.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niederbachem, Wachtberg, Siebengebirge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Charles Mine
Dächelsberg
Flora Mine

Latitude: 50°38'13"N
Longitude: 7°10'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.636944444444,7.1675

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Enstatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sanidine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Feldspar Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	60768	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	60768	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	60768	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	60767,60768,60769	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	60768	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	60768	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	60768	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	60767,60769	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	60768	2812
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	60768	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	60768	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	60768	1507
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	60768	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	60768	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	60768	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	60768	598
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	60768	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	60767,60769	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	60768	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	60768	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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