Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Marl, Ruhr Coal Mining Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 293652
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293652.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marl, Ruhr Coal Mining Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Marl-Hüls

Latitude: 51°40'2"N
Longitude: 7°8'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.667222222222,7.1363888888889

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Diaspore
Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Metavoltine	Millerite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Voltaite	Wurtzite

Alunogen ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bianchite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caracolite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Cotunnite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dypingite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Laurionite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mendipite ()*
Metavoltine ()*	Millerite ()*	Mooreite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Phosgenite ()*
Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sauconite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sideronatrite ()*	Siderotil ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Thénardite ()*	Voltaite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Diaspore
Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Metavoltine Millerite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur Voltaite Wurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	60489	272
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	60489	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	60489	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	60489	11547
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	60489	40
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	60489	27770
Caracolite ()*	Apatite	Na₂(Pb₂Na)(SO₄)₃Cl	1	60489	20
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	60489	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	60489	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	60489	382
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	1	60489	54
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	60489	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	60489	9895
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	60489	50
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	60489	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	60489	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	60489	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	60489	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	60489	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	60489	409
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	1	60489	49
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	60489	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	60489	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	60489	915
Mendipite ()*	None	Pb₃O₂Cl₂	1	60489	17
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	60489	78
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	60489	1066
Mooreite ()*	Not in a structural group	Mg₁₅(SO₄)₂(OH)₂₆·8H₂O	1	60489	2
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	60489	254
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	1	60489	142
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	60489	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	60489	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	60489	61156
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	60489	56
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	60489	6417
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	1	60489	73
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	60489	84
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	60489	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	60489	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	60489	2045
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	60489	299
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	60489	111
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	60489	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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