Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Roth, Eschenburg, Giessen, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 282584
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282584.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roth, Eschenburg, Giessen, Hesse, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gottesgabe Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite

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 H Hg O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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	59030	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59030	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	59030	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	59030	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	59030	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	59030	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	59030	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	59030	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	59030	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	59030	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	59030	6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	59030	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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