Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Minden, Eastern Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 234047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234047.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hainholz Meteorite
Vereinigte Laura Und Bölhorst Mine

Latitude: 52°16'59"N
Longitude: 8°54'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.283055555556,8.9163888888889

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.

Cerite	Corundum	Iron	None	Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Tridymite

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: C Ca Cr Fe Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cerite Corundum Iron None Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Tridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Chromite ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Merrillite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*
Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	60278	2060
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	60278	3902
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	60278	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	60278	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	60278	1089
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	60278	230
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	60278	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	60278	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	60278	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	60278	116
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	60278	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	60278	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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