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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

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 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: 
CalciteClayFairfielditeGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteMarcasiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteSmectite-vermiculiteSulphurVivianite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anapaite  (*)Collinsite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Messelite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anapaite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O258988,5898925
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O15898938
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O258988,589896890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O258988,58989409
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4258988,589895591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2258988,589895674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O258988,58989915
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O258988,5898943
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O258988,589891508
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2258988,5898939462
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)258988,589896417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS258988,589892045
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O258988,58989636



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R141081Messel Mine, Messel, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141081
R120022Prinz Von Hessen Mine, Messel, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R120022


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