Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Rüthen, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 228449
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228449.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rüthen, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kallenhardt

Latitude: 51°26'57"N
Longitude: 8°24'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.449166666667,8.4116666666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur	Voltaite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*	Voltaite ()*

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 O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur Voltaite

15 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)	2	60647,60648	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	60647,60648	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	60647,60648	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	60647,60648	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	60647,60648	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	60647,60648	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	60647,60648	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	60647,60648	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	60647,60648	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	60647,60648	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	60648	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	60647,60648	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	60647,60648	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	60648	2045
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	60648	111

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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