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:
Nieder-Ofleiden, Homberg, Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 279270
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279270.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nieder-Ofleiden, Homberg, Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hochberg Quarry (Hohenberg Quarry)

Latitude: 50°44'46"N
Longitude: 8°59'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.746111111111,8.9841666666667

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.

Amorphous	Apophyllite	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Corundum	Gyrolite	Natrolite	None	Pyroxene
Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Thomsonite

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apophyllite Calcite Chabazite Clay Corundum Gyrolite Natrolite None Pyroxene
Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Thomsonite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Gonnardite ()*
Gyrolite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	59529	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59529	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	59529	310
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	59529	303
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	59529	167
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	59529	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	59529	5433
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	59529	1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	59529	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	59529	61156
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	59529	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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