Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 28844
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28844.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eschweiler, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Aue Mine
Centrum Mine
Christine Mine
Concordia Smelter Slag Locality
Glücksburg Mine
Hastenrath
Ichenberg Mine
Propstei Mine
Reserve Mine
Weisweiler Mine
Wilhelm Mine

Latitude: 50°48'20"N
Longitude: 6°15'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.805555555556,6.2586111111111

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Ettringite	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bazhenovite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Fougèrite ()*
Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hannebachite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Langite ()*	Lead ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Monohydrocalcite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Vivianite ()*
Zincite ()*

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 C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite
Ettringite Gypsum Hydrotalcite Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Sulphur Vivianite Wurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2	60088,60092	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			2	60088,60092	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	60092	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	60092	5509
Bazhenovite ()*	None	Ca₈S₅(S₂O₃)(OH)₁₂·20H₂O	0	0	1	60088	9
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			2	60088,60092	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	60088,60091,60092	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			3	60088,60089,60092	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	60092	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			1	60088	295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	60092	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	60088,60092	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	60091,60092	9895
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O			1	60088	93
Fougèrite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3H₂O			1	60088	20
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	60089,60091,60092	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			2	60091,60092	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	60088,60092	6890
Hannebachite ()*	None	Ca(SO₃)·0.5H₂O			1	60088	12
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	60088	14640
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	60088	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			2	60088,60092	1066
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)			1	60088	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	60088	593
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb			1	60088	192
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	60088	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	60088	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO			1	60088	139
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	60088	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	60088,60092	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	60089,60092	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	60088	915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	60088	1107
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O			1	60088	55
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	60092	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	60092	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	60092	454
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	60088	293
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O			1	60088	142
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	60089,60092	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	60092	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	60091,60092	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	60088	2045
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O			1	60088	183
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	60088	636
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO			1	60088	98

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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