Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rottenberg, Hösbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 281898
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281898.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rottenberg, Hösbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hufgard Quarry

Latitude: 50°2'27"N
Longitude: 9°14'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.040833333333,9.2372222222222

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Rutile	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Groutite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	58374	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	58374	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58374	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	58374	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	58374	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	58374	7437
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	58374	72
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	58374	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	58374	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	58374	17380
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	58374	3106
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	58374	312
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	58374	1803
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	58374	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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