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Locality Name:
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 240878
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240878.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Heddernheim Slag Locality

Latitude: 50°7'0"N
Longitude: 8°40'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.116666666667,8.6830555555556
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 As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovellite
CristobaliteCyanotrichiteDevillineGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupSpinel

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Devilline  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Langite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Simonkolleite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Wülfingite  (*)Zinc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1589943250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3158994544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21589945509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61589941633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15899427770
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O158994194
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1589943531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O158994295
Copper  (*)CopperCu1589943846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31589941797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1589944165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1589942970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2158994179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O158994366
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4158994445
Graphite  (*)NoneC1589942812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1589946890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61589941066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O158994593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415899414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215899412537
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O158994309
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2158994454
Simonkolleite  (*)NoneZn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O0015899411
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1589941101
Wülfingite  (*)CristobaliteZn(OH)21589945
Zinc  (*)NoneZn15899452


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