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Locality Name:
Waldgirmes, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 256829
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256829.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waldgirmes, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Falkenstein Mine
Rotläufchen Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ca F Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteBerauniteCeriteDiasporeDufréniteNoneQuartzRockbridgeite
RutileStrunziteWavellite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Cacoxenite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Delvauxite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Eleonorite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Matulaite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)
Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O159196280
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6159196310
Delvauxite  (*)AmorphousCaFe3+4(PO4)2(OH)8·4-5H2O15919641
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O159196139
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O15919651
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1591962740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1591967437
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH159196367
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)15919653
Matulaite  (*)NoneFe3+Al7(PO4)4(PO3OH)2(OH)8(H2O)8·8H2O15919610
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21591963106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215919661156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5159196206
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O159196263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O15919698
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O159196301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O159196374
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6159196104


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070141Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R070141

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