Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Willem-Sophia Mine, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands

mindat Locality ID: 29189
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29189.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Willem-Sophia Mine, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°51'9"N
Longitude: 6°1'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.8525,6.0322222222222

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.

Arcanite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Picromerite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Sulphur

Anhydrite ()*	Boussingaultite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Mascagnite ()*	Mullite ()*	Salammoniac ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg N O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg N O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arcanite Chalcopyrite Corundum None Not in a structural group Olivine Picromerite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Sulphur

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Boussingaultite ()*	Picromerite	(NH₄)₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	30
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	98
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	61
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	78
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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