Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mensfelden, Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 286854
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286854.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mensfelden, Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Birkenkopf Quarry

Latitude: 50°20'3"N
Longitude: 8°5'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.334166666667,8.0902777777778

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.

Arsenopyrite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluocerite	Fluorite	Marcasite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Brookite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kidwellite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluocerite Fluorite Marcasite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	59214	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	59214	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	59214	9052
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	59214	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	59214	606
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	59214	700
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	59214	27198
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	1	59214	45
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	59214	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	59214	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	59214	5433
Kidwellite ()*	None	NaFe³⁺_9+x(PO₄)₆(OH)₁₁·3H₂O (x ≈ 0.33)	1	59214	53
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	59214	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	59214	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	59214	1508
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	59214	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	59214	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	59214	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	59214	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	59214	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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