Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Limburg, Netherlands

mindat Locality ID: 29205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Limburg, Netherlands": 93
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 64

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Bemelen
Berg En Terblijt
Brunssum
Cadier En Keer
Elsloo
Epen
Geleen
Gronsveld
Heerlen
Herkenbosch
Hoensbroek
Houthem
Kerkrade
Landgraaf
Landgraaf-Eygelshoven
Maastricht
Panheel
Rijckholt Mines
Roermond
Schinveld
Sibbe
Stein
Valkenburg
Venlo
Voerendaal
Wessem

Latitude: 50°55'50"N
Longitude: 5°53'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.930555555556,5.8925

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arcanite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Picromerite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

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 Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Co Cu Fe H O S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arcanite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite
Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Picromerite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Tridymite Vivianite Wurtzite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Allophane ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Boussingaultite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mascagnite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Millerite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Mogánite ()*
Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thénardite ()*
Tridymite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	87194	470
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	87202	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	5	87163,87164,87186,87192,87206	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	87164	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	87164,87194	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	87163,87164,87192,87206	11547
Boussingaultite ()*	Picromerite	(NH₄)₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	87202	30
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	87158,87164,87168,87173,87181,87186,87194,87218,87220,87222	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	87163,87164,87192	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	87163,87164,87171,87192,87200,87202,87206,87208	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	87163,87192,87200,87206	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	87163,87164,87192,87206	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	87163,87181,87192,87200,87206,87244	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	87164	484
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	87202	371
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	87163,87171,87186,87188,87192,87200,87201,87202,87206,87208	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	87194	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	87163,87173,87192	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	87164,87186,87245	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	87181,87188	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	0		409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	87163,87164,87192,87202	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	5	87169,87182,87192,87218,87241	367
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	87163,87164,87192	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	87163,87164	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	3	87163,87164,87192	581
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	0		249
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	87202	98
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	87163,87164,87192,87200,87206	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5	87163,87164,87181,87192,87215	5674
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	1	87202	61
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	6	87163,87164,87181,87192,87200,87206	1066
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	87164	223
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O	0		43
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	87202	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	87164	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	19	87158,87163,87164,87172,87173,87174,87176,87181,87186,87187,87192,87200,87201,87205,87206,87215,87218,87219,87229	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	87211,87214,87231	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	87215	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	87158,87163,87164,87173,87175,87186,87192,87194,87200,87201,87206,87215,87219,87229,87231,87234	61156
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	87202	105
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	9	87163,87164,87170,87174,87179,87181,87192,87225,87244	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	2	87164,87206	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	87163,87164,87171,87192,87200,87202,87205,87206	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	87202	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	0		668
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	4	87164,87174,87186,87202	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	87164	299
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	2	87166,87218	458
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	87223,87249	636
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	0		372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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