Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Bad Münstereifel, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 24845
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24845.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bad Münstereifel, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lanzerath
Mutscheid

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite Marcasite Millerite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Ullmannite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	60294	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	60290,60294	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	60290,60294	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	60294	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	60287,60290,60292,60294	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	60294	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	60290,60292,60294	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	60287,60294	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	60292	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	60290	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	60290	767
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1	60290	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	60287,60290,60292,60294	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	60294	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	60290,60292	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	60287,60290,60292,60294	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	60290,60292	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	60290,60292,60294	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	60290,60294	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	60290	293

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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