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Locality Name:
Hexental, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 279802
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279802.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hexental, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Merzhausen

Latitude: 47°57'57"N
Longitude: 7°49'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.965833333333,7.8283333333333
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: C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15737727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215737727198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21573779895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15737724243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21573775674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215737739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81573779056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215737761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15737721482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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