Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 24001
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24001.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Altweilnau
Bad Homburg Vor Der Höhe
Eschbach
Friedrichsthal
Kransberg
Münster
Steinbach
Usingen Quartzite Works
Wehrheim
Weilrod

Latitude: 50°19'52"N
Longitude: 8°33'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.331111111111,8.5652777777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore
Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Struvite	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pitticite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reichenbachite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Struvite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Li Mg Mn N Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Diaspore
Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite
Struvite Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Vivianite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	59096	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	59112	445
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	59096,59110	5509
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	59117	172
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	2	59110,59117	450
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59096	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	10	59095,59096,59098,59103,59104,59105,59106,59108,59110,59117	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	59117	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	59095,59096,59103,59104,59108,59110,59112,59117	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	59103	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	59095,59096,59108	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	2	59105,59108	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	59096,59108,59117	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	59096,59108,59117	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	59095,59096,59098,59103,59104,59105,59106,59108,59110,59112,59117	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	59095,59117	7437
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	59096	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	3	59095,59096,59108	987
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	59113	210
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	59095,59096,59103,59108,59110,59117	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	3	59096,59105,59106	1107
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	59112	767
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	1	59110	140
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	59117	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	59103,59104,59105,59106,59108,59110	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	10	59095,59096,59098,59103,59104,59105,59106,59108,59110,59117	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	59095,59096,59098,59101,59103,59104,59108,59110,59112,59113,59115,59117	61156
Reichenbachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	59117	26
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	59103	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	59096	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	59096,59103,59112	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	59103,59110	3418
Struvite ()*	Struvite	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·6H₂O	1	59099	30
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	6	59103,59104,59105,59106,59108,59110	1803
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	59110	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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