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:
Solothurn, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 29311
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29311.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Solothurn, Switzerland": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bärschwil
Grenchen
Günsberg
Kienberg
Lommiswil
Matzendorf
Nunningen
Olten
Passwang

Latitude: 47°19'56"N
Longitude: 7°52'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.332222222222,7.8808333333333

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	Calcite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	114283	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	114276,114279,114283	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	114261,114276,114278,114279,114283	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	114273,114279	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	114279	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114260	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	114267,114279	6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	114271,114279	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114279	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	114278	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114261,114267	61156
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	2	114269,114279	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114279	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	2	114265,114279	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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