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Locality Name:
Essershausen, Weilburg, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 240960
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240960.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Essershausen, Weilburg, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Fritz Mine
Mark Mine

Latitude: 50°26'38"N
Longitude: 8°19'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.443888888889,8.3205555555556
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteBerauniteBrookiteCalciteClayCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DufréniteGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphosideritePyriteQuartzRockbridgeite
RutileTurquoiseWavellite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanpringite  (*)Anatase  (*)Beraunite  (*)Brookite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Chalcosiderite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Eleonorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Planerite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Santabarbaraite  (*)Siderite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Tinticite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Uricite  (*)Vantasselite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanpringite  (*)WavelliteFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1592002
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21592002162
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O159199136
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2159200700
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O159200280
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O15920077
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1592004165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6159200310
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16159200599
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O159200139
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O15920051
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1592007437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1592006890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3259199,5920014640
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O15920062
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61592002228
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)15920053
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)159200234
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21592005674
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O159200182
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O15920043
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4159200369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215920039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21592003106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215920061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1591991711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5159200206
Santabarbaraite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O15920021
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1592006417
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O259199,59200263
Tinticite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·3H2O15920019
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O159200433
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O159200484
Uricite  (*)NoneC5H4N4O315920013
Vantasselite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl4(PO4)3(OH)3·9H2O1592005
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O259199,59200374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080147Mark Mine, Essershausen, Weilburg, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R080147

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