Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Merzig, Saarland, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 24897
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24897.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Merzig, Saarland, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hargarten
Merchingen
Orscholz
Reimsbach
Weiskirchen

Latitude: 49°28'14"N
Longitude: 6°37'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.470555555556,6.6316666666667

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore
Feldspar	Gypsum	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinosafflorite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kemmlitzite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Svanbergite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore
Feldspar Gypsum Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Vivianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	61834	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	61832	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	61834	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	61828,61834	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	61828,61834	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	61834	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	61832	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	61834	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	61834	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	61828,61834	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	61834	3531
Clinosafflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	61834	21
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	61830,61832,61834	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	61834	814
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	61832	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	61834	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	61828,61834	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	61834	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	61832,61834	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	61832	5433
Kemmlitzite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	61835	7
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	61834	198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	61828,61834	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	61834	5674
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	61832	945
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	61834	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	61834	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	61832,61834	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	61832	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	61832,61834	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	61834	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	61835	105

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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