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Locality Name:
Freisen, St Wendel, Saarland, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 282587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Freisen, St Wendel, Saarland, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
A62 Motorway Cut
Becker Quarry (Hellerberg Quarry)

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

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 Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeHarmotomeMalachiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupQuartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16191411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)261913,6191427770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2161914309
Copper  (*)CopperCu1619133846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1619132970
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)261913,619147437
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O261913,61914290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316191414640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216191312537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2261913,6191461156



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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