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:
Rupsroth, Rhön, Fulda, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 286391
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286391.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rupsroth, Rhön, Fulda, Hesse, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Phonolite Quarry

Latitude: 50°33'9"N
Longitude: 9°56'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.5525,9.9413888888889

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Natrolite	None	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Aragonite Calcite Clay Feldspar Natrolite None Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Titanite Tridymite Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Sanidine ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	59006	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59006	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59006	27770
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	59006	2740
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	59006	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	59006	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	59006	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	59006	884
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	59006	598
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	59006	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	59006	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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