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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

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 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: 
AmorphousApophylliteCalciteChabaziteClayCorundumGyroliteNatroliteNonePyroxene
QuartzSmectite-vermiculiteThomsonite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Gonnardite  (*)
Gyrolite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61595292060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15952927770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O159529310
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O159529303
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O159529167
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O159529142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31595295433
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1595291508
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1595292994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215952961156
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O159529452



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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