Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Rinteln, Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 24148
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24148.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rinteln, Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hohenrode
Rannenberg Quarry
Rohden Quarry
Todenmann
Westendorf

Latitude: 52°13'19"N
Longitude: 9°2'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.221944444444,9.0461111111111

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Cu F Fe H Mg O S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite None
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Sulphur

17 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)	2	60031,60032	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	60030	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	60030,60031,60032,60033,60035	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	60031,60033,60035	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	3	60031,60032,60035	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	60030,60031	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	60031,60033	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	60031,60032	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	60031,60032	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	60031,60032,60033	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	60030	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	60031	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	60031,60033	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	60030,60031,60032,60033,60035	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	60031,60032	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	60030,60031	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	60031,60032	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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