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:
Messel, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 24508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Messel, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Messel Mine
Prinz Von Hessen Mine

Latitude: 49°54'31"N
Longitude: 8°44'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.908611111111,8.7458333333333

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.

Calcite	Clay	Fairfieldite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sulphur	Vivianite

Anapaite ()*	Collinsite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Messelite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Fairfieldite Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Smectite-vermiculite Sulphur Vivianite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anapaite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	2	58988,58989	25
Collinsite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	58989	38
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	58988,58989	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	2	58988,58989	409
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	58988,58989	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	58988,58989	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	58988,58989	915
Messelite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	2	58988,58989	43
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	58988,58989	1508
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	58988,58989	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	58988,58989	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	58988,58989	2045
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	58988,58989	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R141081	Messel Mine, Messel, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany	https://rruff.info/R141081
R120022	Prinz Von Hessen Mine, Messel, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany	https://rruff.info/R120022

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