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Locality Name:
Hellefeld, Sundern, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 29195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hellefeld, Sundern, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hardtkopf
Hellefeld Quarry

Latitude: 51°19'29"N
Longitude: 8°4'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.324722222222,8.0755555555556
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 Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayDiasporeGypsumKaoliniteLepidocrocite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerhamitePyriteQuartzTurquoiseWavellite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Baryte  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Koninckite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Perhamite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Strengite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21606622162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21606633092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1606633250
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O160662143
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16066311547
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O160662280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16066327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216066327198
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6160662310
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21606639895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1606627437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1606626890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61606622228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41606625591
Koninckite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·3H2O16066219
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)160662581
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216066217380
Perhamite  (*)PerhamiteCa3Al7.7Si3P4O23.5(OH)14.1·8H2O16066219
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216066339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260662,6066361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1606636417
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O160662263
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O160662484
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O160662301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O260662,60663374


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