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Locality Name:
Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 300289
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300289.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guebwiller, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ensisheim
Ensisheim Meteorite

Latitude: 47°51'59"N
Longitude: 7°21'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.866388888889,7.3513888888889

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: Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CeriteCorundumCubaniteIronNonePyroxeneRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Chromite  (*)Diopside  (*)Halite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Isocubanite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Sylvite  (*)Taenite  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)
Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41539463902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61539464135
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1539451398
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31539465433
Iron  (*)IronFe1539461089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3153946191
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7153946230
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl153945275
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)153946703
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi153946116
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1539461044



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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