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Locality Name:
Kamberg, Hellenthal, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 281202
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281202.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kamberg, Hellenthal, Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Schwalenbach Mine

Latitude: 50°25'32"N
Longitude: 6°25'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.425555555556,6.4233333333333

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteGypsumHarmotomeLinarite
MalachiteMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1603072734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21603073092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1603073250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16030711547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31603071089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61603071633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16030727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1603074979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216030727198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16030724243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1603076890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O160307290
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61603071066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2160307987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216030712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21603075674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216030739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1603071725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216030761156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1603072473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16030721482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131603075317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS160307372



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