Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 23824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eastern Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Extertal
Gütersloh
Herford
Lemgo
Minden
Porta Westfalica

Latitude: 52°7'2"N
Longitude: 8°54'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.117222222222,8.9027777777778

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum
Iron	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tridymite

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Lechatelierite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum
Iron Malachite Marcasite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Tridymite

29 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	60272	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	60278	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	60261,60272	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	60261,60276,60283	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	60276,60283	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	60272,60276	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	60278	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	60283	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	60283	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	60283	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	60278	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	60272,60283	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	60283	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	60278	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	60278	1089
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂	2	60266,60267	62
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	60276	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	60283	5674
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	60278	230
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	60259,60261,60263,60264,60272,60273,60276,60283	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	60263,60272,60276,60283	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	60278	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	60278	374
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	60283	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	60261,60272,60283	21482
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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