Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 24240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24240.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Blasbach
Braunfels
Hermannstein
Laufdorf
Oberbiel
Rodheim-Bieber
Solms
Stockhausen
Waldgirmes
Weilburg
Werdorf

Latitude: 50°33'12"N
Longitude: 8°24'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.553333333333,8.4052777777778

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	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Baryte	Beraunite	Brookite	Calcite	Cerite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Dufrénite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Phosphosiderite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rockbridgeite
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Strunzite	Turquoise	Vivianite	Wavellite

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 F Fe H Hg 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:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Baryte Beraunite Brookite Calcite Cerite
Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Dufrénite Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Phosphosiderite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rockbridgeite
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stilpnomelane Strunzite Turquoise Vivianite Wavellite

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Allanpringite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beraunite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*
Crandallite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Delvauxite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dufrénite ()*
Eleonorite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kidwellite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Matulaite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*
Planerite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Santabarbaraite ()*	Siderite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Strengite ()*	Strunzite ()*	Tinticite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Uricite ()*	Vantasselite ()*	Variscite ()*	Vivianite ()*
Wavellite ()*	Whitlockite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allanpringite ()*	Wavellite	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	59200	2
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	59171,59200	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	59185	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	59171,59182,59189	11547
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	2	59185,59199	136
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	59180	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	59200	700
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	5	59173,59184,59185,59196,59200	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	59168,59170,59171,59177,59180,59182,59184,59185,59193,59204	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	59170,59171	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	59168,59171,59189,59193	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	59200	77
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	59168	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	59189	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	59200	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2	59196,59200	310
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	59200	599
Delvauxite ()*	Amorphous	CaFe³⁺₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₈·4-5H₂O	2	59185,59196	41
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	59177,59182,59184,59185,59204	9895
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	2	59196,59200	139
Eleonorite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	4	59173,59185,59196,59200	51
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	59185,59196	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	59170,59171,59204	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5	59168,59187,59196,59200,59204	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	59200	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	59185	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	12	59170,59171,59172,59182,59184,59185,59189,59193,59199,59200,59202,59204	14640
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	59200	62
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	59196	367
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	59200	2228
Kidwellite ()*	None	NaFe³⁺_9+x(PO₄)₆(OH)₁₁·3H₂O (x ≈ 0.33)	2	59196,59200	53
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	5	59168,59171,59185,59187,59204	581
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	59200	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	59168,59170,59171,59189	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	4	59177,59178,59185,59187	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	59200	5674
Matulaite ()*	None	Fe³⁺Al₇(PO₄)₄(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈(H₂O)₈·8H₂O	1	59196	10
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	59177	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	59184	2994
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	59200	182
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	59200	43
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	59168,59193	1898
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	59200	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	59171,59182,59184,59189,59193,59200	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	8	59172,59177,59178,59184,59185,59187,59196,59200	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	59168,59171,59177,59182,59184,59185,59189,59193,59196,59200	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	4	59185,59187,59191,59199	1711
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	3	59173,59196,59200	206
Santabarbaraite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	59200	21
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	59170,59171,59185,59200	6417
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	59201	456
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	6	59173,59184,59185,59196,59199,59200	263
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	59196	98
Tinticite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·3H₂O	1	59200	19
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	59200	433
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	2	59180,59200	484
Uricite ()*	None	C₅H₄N₄O₃	1	59200	13
Vantasselite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃·9H₂O	1	59200	5
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	2	59184,59196	301
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	59204	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	7	59173,59180,59184,59185,59196,59199,59200	374
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	1	59196	104

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070141	Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany	https://rruff.info/R070141
R080147	Mark Mine, Essershausen, Weilburg, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany	https://rruff.info/R080147

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