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Locality Name:
Frücht, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 248

mindat Locality ID: 278791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Frücht, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Friedrichssegen Mine

Latitude: 50°18'10"N
Longitude: 7°40'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.302777777778,7.6713888888889
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Br C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg I K Li Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteAnthonyiteApatiteAragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyrite
BaryteBournoniteBrochantiteBruciteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayConnelliteCopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiaspore
DundasiteEpsomiteEttringiteFairfielditeGypsumHexahydriteHopeiteHydrotalciteKaoliniteKoritnigite
KtenasiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMiniumNatrochalciteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePhilipsburgitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StarkeyiteSulphurSymplesiteTetrahedriteTourmalineVivianiteWickenburgiteWoodwarditeWurtziteZircon

164 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Calumetite  (*)Capgaronnite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalconatronite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Duftite  (*)Dundasite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Ferrisymplesite  (*)Gaitite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Glaucocerinite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hanauerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)
Hinsdalite  (*)Holdawayite  (*)Honessite  (*)Hopeite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)Koritnigite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)
Lahnsteinite  (*)Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Litharge  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Manjiroite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Marshite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Morenosite  (*)
Moschellandsbergite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Nickelaustinite  (*)
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Osakaite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Parasymplesite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Perroudite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsburgite  (*)
Pitticite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Portlandite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Quenstedtite  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Redgillite  (*)Reevesite  (*)Retgersite  (*)
Richelsdorfite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Schultenite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siderotil  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stranskiite  (*)
Strashimirite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thometzekite  (*)Uricite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wickenburgite  (*)
Wroewolfeite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)Zincowoodwardite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3542481615952793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)354248161595254
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3542481615952734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161595445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542481615953250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3354248161595231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3542481615959052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6354248161595919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)35424816159571
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481615955509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816159511547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2354248161595172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6354248161595132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6354248161595413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43542481615955516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33542481615951089
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)435424816159579
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63542481615951633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr354248161595227
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2354248161595462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816159527770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6354248161595359
Calumetite  (*)AnthonyiteCaCu4(OH)8Cl2·3.5H2O35424816159511
Capgaronnite  (*)NoneAgHgClS35424816159511
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2354248161595178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481615954979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O354248161595925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O35424816159591
Chalconatronite  (*)NoneNa2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O35424816159523
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O354248161595197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816159527198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3542481615951382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3542481615953531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3542481615952600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83542481615951756
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O354248161595295
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O354248161595382
Copper  (*)CopperCu3542481615953846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6354248161595151
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16354248161595227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481615954165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16354248161595599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481615952970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2354248161595144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161595366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4354248161595651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481615959895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)354248161595648
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)354248161595220
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O35424816159597
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O35424816159585
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161595814
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O35424816159593
Ferrisymplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O35424816159521
Gaitite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Zn(AsO4)2·2H2O3542481615957
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816159524243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O35424816159541
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3354248161595504
Glaucocerinite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)35424816159520
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481615957437
Gold  (*)CopperAu35424816159530554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O354248161595188
Graphite  (*)NoneC3542481615952812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS354248161595717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542481615956890
Hanauerite  (*)Not in a structural groupAgHgSI3542481615952
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816159514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3542481615951689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O435424816159573
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)635424816159557
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)635424816159582
Holdawayite  (*)NoneMn2+6(CO3)2(OH)7(Cl,OH)3542481615953
Honessite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)35424816159525
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O35424816159529
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161595103
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2354248161595201
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O354248161595341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63542481615951066
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI354248161595180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542481615952228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542481615955591
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)635424816159541
Koritnigite  (*)KoritnigiteZn(AsO3OH)·H2O3542481615958
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O35424816159560
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O35424816159575
Lahnsteinite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·3H2O3542481615954
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248161595593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O354248161595149
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2354248161595265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)354248161595581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248161595987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4354248161595249
Litharge  (*)NonePbO354248161595139
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2354248161595210
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816159512537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)354248161595770
Manjiroite  (*)CoronaditeNa(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1635424816159522
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23542481615955674
Marshite  (*)SphaleriteCuI35424816159512
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O354248161595915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg354248161595397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS354248161595255
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3542481615951107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4354248161595247
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O35424816159584
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg335424816159524
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)235424816159517380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O35424816159558
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O35424816159580
Nickelaustinite  (*)AdeliteCaNi(AsO4)(OH)3542481615956
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteNi(SO4)·6H2O35424816159537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)354248161595492
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O35424816159540
Osakaite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·5H2O3542481615959
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS354248161595767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248161595124
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O354248161595105
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl235424816159523
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O354248161595428
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O35424816159531
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)354248161595140
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6354248161595170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6354248161595477
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)235424816159551
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O354248161595309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816159539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23542481615953106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3542481615951725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83542481615959056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816159561156
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O35424816159517
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O35424816159568
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O35424816159545
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O35424816159548
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O35424816159555
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O35424816159557
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10354248161595312
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2354248161595454
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O354248161595293
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O354248161595142
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)35424816159530
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O3542481615951153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6354248161595134
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161595292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481615956417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O35424816159584
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481615955186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3542481615952473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816159521482
Stranskiite  (*)NoneCuZn2(AsO4)23542481615955
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O35424816159590
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3542481615952045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)235424816159599
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO3542481615951101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133542481615955317
Thometzekite  (*)NatrochalcitePbCu2+2(AsO4)2·2H2O35424816159510
Uricite  (*)NoneC5H4N4O335424816159513
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3354248161595369
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O354248161595636
Wickenburgite  (*)WickenburgitePb3CaAl2Si10O27·4H2O35424816159514
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O35424816159595
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)35424816159560
Zincowoodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)35424816159512
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3542481615955251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00059354248 ?-?    YesCinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, EglestoniteHg14243Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)   

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