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:
Laufach, Hösbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 289062
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289062.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laufach, Hösbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hain Im Spessart

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

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: Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58372	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	58372	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	58372	11547
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	58372	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	58372	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	58372	27198
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	58372	246
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	58372	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	58372	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	58372	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	58372	12537
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	58372	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	58372	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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