Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ortenberg, Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 286610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ortenberg, Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gaulsberg Quarry

Latitude: 50°21'43"N
Longitude: 9°3'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.361944444444,9.0547222222222

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Erionite	Ettringite	Gismondine
Gyrolite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodesite	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel	Thomsonite	Tobermorite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Erionite-K ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gyrolite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merlinoite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Offretite ()*	Paulingite-K ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodesite ()*	Saponite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Tacharanite ()*
Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tobermorite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Cristobalite Erionite Ettringite Gismondine
Gyrolite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodesite Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel Thomsonite Tobermorite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

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	59536	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59536	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	59536	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	59536	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59536	27770
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	59536	453
Erionite-K ()*	Erionite	K₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	1	59536	22
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	59536	128
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	59536	167
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	59536	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	59536	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	59536	14899
Merlinoite ()*	None	K₅Ca₂(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·24H₂O	1	59536	17
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	59536	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	59536	1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	59536	471
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	59536	146
Paulingite-K ()*	None	(K,Ca,Na,Ba, )₁₀(Si,Al)₄₂O₈₄·34H₂O	1	59536	7
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	59536	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	59536	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	59536	61156
Rhodesite ()*	Rhodesite	KHCa₂Si₈O₁₉·5H₂O	1	59536	11
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	59536	301
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	59536	390
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	1	59536	47
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	59536	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	59536	452
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	59536	114
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	59536	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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