Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 24174
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24174.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Altforweiler
Düppenweiler
Nalbach
Rammelfangen
Saarfels
Wallerfangen

Latitude: 49°21'35"N
Longitude: 6°45'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.359722222222,6.7580555555556

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Vivianite

Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carrollite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Pharmacolite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strashimirite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tyrolite ()*	Ulexite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Vivianite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	61894	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	61887	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	61889	1588
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	61894	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	61884	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	61884,61894	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	61882,61884,61894	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	61884	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	61894	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	61884	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1	61884	154
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	61884,61894	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	61884	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	61884	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	61884	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	61884,61887	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	61884	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	61884	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	61884	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	61884	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	61884	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	61884	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	61884,61894	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	61884	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	61884,61887	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	61887	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	61889,61891,61894	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	61884,61894	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4	61882,61884,61887,61894	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	61884	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	2	61884,61885	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	61884,61894	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	61882,61884	5674
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	61889	223
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	61894	492
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	61884	105
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	61894	477
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	61884,61885	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	61882,61884	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	61887	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	61884,61885,61887	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	61884	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	61884	21482
Strashimirite ()*	None	Cu₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·2.5H₂O	2	61894,61901	90
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	61884	1803
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	61884	245
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	61889	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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