Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Unspecified Slag Localities, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 240561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240561.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unspecified Slag Localities, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Coronadite	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Dundasite
Hexahydrite	Hydrotalcite	Ktenasite	Malachite	Nadorite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sulphur
Vivianite

Akaganeite ()*	Ashoverite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*
Bornite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Comblainite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dundasite ()*
Ferrohexahydrite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Köttigite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Leiteite ()*
Malachite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Nitrobarite ()*	Perite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Susannite ()*
Sweetite ()*	Zinc ()*

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H N Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H N Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Coronadite Covellite Cyanotrichite Devilline Dundasite
Hexahydrite Hydrotalcite Ktenasite Malachite Nadorite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sulphur
Vivianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	63
Ashoverite ()*	None	Zn(OH)₂	6
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	132
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Comblainite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₄Co³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	5
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	179
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	366
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	97
Ferrohexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·6H₂O	21
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Köttigite ()*	Vivianite	Zn₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	60
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	265
Leiteite ()*	None	ZnAs³⁺₂O₄	2
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)	78
Nitrobarite ()*	None	Ba(NO₃)₂	3
Perite ()*	Nadorite	PbBiO₂Cl	27
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	142
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	99
Sweetite ()*	None	Zn(OH)₂	4
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	52

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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