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Locality Name:
Vosseveld, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands


mindat Locality ID: 285167
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285167.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vosseveld, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ratum Quarry

Latitude: 51°57'59"N
Longitude: 6°46'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.966388888889,6.7811111111111

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteClayFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kyanite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18714127770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1871411252
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21871419895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21871419617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18714124243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3187141504
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1871416890
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41871411507
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218714112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21871415674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218714117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218714139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218714161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21871415614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18714121482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)187141589
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1871415251



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