Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silbach, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 280335
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280335.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silbach, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kuhlenberg Quarry

Latitude: 51°13'16"N
Longitude: 8°29'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.221111111111,8.4869444444444

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Danburite	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Pectolite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Talc

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Danburite ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Strontianite ()*	Talc ()*

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 As B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Danburite Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Marcasite Millerite None Pectolite Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Talc

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	60687	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	60687	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	60687	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	60687	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	60687	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	60687	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	60687	260
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	60687	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	60687	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	60687	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	60687	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	60687	1025
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	1	60687	148
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	60687	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	60687	8173
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	60687	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	60687	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	60687	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	60687	1066
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	60687	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	60687	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	60687	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	60687	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	60687	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	60687	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	60687	589
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	60687	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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