Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Krettnich, Wadern, Saarland, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 279758
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279758.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Krettnich, Wadern, Saarland, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Manganese Mine (incl. Johann Shaft; Jakob Adit)

Latitude: 49°31'13"N
Longitude: 6°56'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.520277777778,6.9491666666667

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.

Baryte	Brackebuschite	Calcite	Coronadite	Descloizite	Malachite	Natrochalcite	None	Quartz	Rutile
Tetrahedrite

Baryte ()*	Brackebuschite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*
Krettnichite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Pyrobelonite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tokyoite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brackebuschite Calcite Coronadite Descloizite Malachite Natrochalcite None Quartz Rutile
Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	61929	11547
Brackebuschite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Mn³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	1	61929	15
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	61929	27770
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	61929	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	61929	9895
Krettnichite ()*	Natrochalcite	PbMn³⁺₂(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	61929	2
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	61929	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	61929	770
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	61929	362
Pyrobelonite ()*	Descloizite	PbMn²⁺VO₄(OH)	1	61929	21
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	61929	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	61929	61156
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	61929	1803
Tokyoite ()*	Brackebuschite	Ba₂Mn³⁺(VO₄)₂OH	1	61929	9

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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