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Locality Name:
Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 24727
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24727.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Münsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 57
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 33

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Ahlen
Ascheberg
Beckum
Borken
Coesfeld
Drensteinfurt
Ennigerloh
Halle
Münster
Ottmarsbocholt
Steinfurt
Velen

Latitude: 51°56'2"N
Longitude: 7°46'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.933888888889,7.78
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: Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCubaniteDiaspore
FluoriteGypsumIronMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupOxalate
PentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetrahedrite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Troilite  (*)Whewellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)360380,60384,603852734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2360384,60385,603863092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)360380,60382,603863250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61603792060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2260384,603855509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)860349,60352,60360,60380,60382,60386,60389,6039211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4360382,60384,603855516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61603841633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1860349,60351,60352,60355,60358,60359,60360,60363,60371,60380,60386,60388,60389,60392,60393,60395,60396,6040127770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)260349,603521252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)260384,603854979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S260384,603855707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2460380,60384,60385,6038627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4260379,604033902
Copper  (*)CopperCu1604033846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O260380,603842970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2260380,603869895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6160379944
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21603869617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS460380,60384,60385,6038624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)360382,60384,603857437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O360349,60361,603806890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1603801398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3360380,60383,6038614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O260384,603851689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6260384,603851066
Iron  (*)IronFe260379,604031089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3160403191
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)160403451
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2460380,60384,60385,6038612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21060349,60352,60380,60382,60386,60388,60389,60392,60395,603965674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O160382915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1603801066
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81603791512
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6160384477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21860349,60351,60352,60358,60359,60360,60380,60382,60384,60385,60386,60388,60389,60392,60395,60396,60400,6040139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2760380,60382,60383,60384,60385,60386,6039961156
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P160379374
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)560380,60382,60384,60385,603866417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)360380,60384,603852473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS460380,60384,60385,6038621482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1660349,60351,60352,60353,60355,60358,60359,60360,60363,60364,60366,60371,60373,60389,60392,60393589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1603802045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)216038499
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)260379,60403703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13260384,603855317
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS260379,604031044
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O16038066


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