Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Important Update News

The RRUFF Project has been migrated to RRUFF.net. Please update your bookmarks immediately, if you have not done so.

The data on this website is already three years out of date, and the entire website will be taken offline before the end of the year.

We are grateful to NASA for the funding of this effort.




The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Lehesten, Wurzbach, Thuringia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 286924
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286924.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lehesten, Wurzbach, Thuringia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Slate Quarries

Latitude: 50°28'0"N
Longitude: 11°25'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.466666666667,11.432777777778

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 Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmarantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteCopperEpsomiteGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteMalachite
MelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hohmannite  (*)Lausenite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Slavíkite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O16380650
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21638063092
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16380627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216380627198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O163806382
Copper  (*)CopperCu1638063846
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O163806484
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O163806107
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16380624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1638066890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O163806409
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O163806251
Hohmannite  (*)AmarantiteFe3+2O(SO4)2·8H2O16380610
Lausenite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·5H2O001638064
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216380612537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O163806915
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O163806265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216380639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216380661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1638066417
Slavíkite  (*)Not in a structural group(H3O)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18·98H2O16380644
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16380621482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...