Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Hoffnungsthal, Rösrath, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 278354
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278354.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hoffnungsthal, Rösrath, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Leibnitz-Dante Mine

Latitude: 50°55'40"N
Longitude: 7°12'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.927777777778,7.2005555555556

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.

Adelite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Adamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zincolivenite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	60213	254
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	60213	5509
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	60213	172
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	60213	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	60213	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	60213	27198
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	60213	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	60213	3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	60213	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	60213	175
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	60213	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	60213	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	60213	7437
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	60213	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	60213	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	60213	1107
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	60213	492
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	60213	428
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	60213	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	60213	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	60213	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	60213	21482
Zincolivenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)	1	60213	60

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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