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Locality Name:
Freigericht, Main-Kinzig, Hesse, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 289206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Freigericht, Main-Kinzig, Hesse, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Altenmittlau

Latitude: 50°8'32"N
Longitude: 9°8'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.142222222222,9.1488888888889

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperFornaciteLepidocrociteMalachiteMicaMiniumMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteTetrahedriteTyrolite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Fornacite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hedyphane  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Tangdanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tsumebite  (*)
Tyrolite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1592412734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1592413250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21592415509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15924111547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61592411633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15924127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1592414979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215924127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1592413531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)159241363
Copper  (*)CopperCu1592413846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1592412970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21592419895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)159241220
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)15924185
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15924124243
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl15924148
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)159241581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215924112537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1592411107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4159241247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21592415800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215924117380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)159241492
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1592411725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215924161156
Tangdanite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(SO4)0.5(OH)9·9H2O1592418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131592411803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1592411101
Tsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)15924132
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O159241245
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41592411655



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