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:
Hoensbroek, Limburg, Netherlands

mindat Locality ID: 288493
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288493.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hoensbroek, Limburg, Netherlands": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Emma Mine

Latitude: 50°55'45"N
Longitude: 5°56'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.929166666667,5.9441666666667

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Millerite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	87192	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	87192	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	87192	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	87192	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	87192	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	87192	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	87192	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	87192	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	87192	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	87192	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	87192	367
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	87192	2228
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	87192	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	87192	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	87192	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	87192	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	87192	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	87192	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	87192	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	87192	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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