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Locality Name:
Hörstein, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 233865
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233865.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hörstein, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gravel Quarry
Rabengrund

Latitude: 50°2'56"N
Longitude: 9°3'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.048888888889,9.0630555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FeldsparGarnetMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile
SpinelStauroliteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)
Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21583663419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1583668803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3258365,583662353
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1583663250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21583665509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15836611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41583665516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15836627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215836627198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1583668173
Gold  (*)CopperAu15836530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315836614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4258365,5836614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215836612537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215836617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215836639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81583669056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215836661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21583655614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1583662705
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41583651934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)158365978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1583664899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1583655251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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