Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Rheingau-Taunus, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 307242
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307242.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rheingau-Taunus, Hesse, Germany": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Aarbergen
Bad Schwalbach
Geisenheim
Idstein
Lorch
Schlangenbad

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Vivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	59478,59486	8803
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	59482,59486	27198
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	59482	814
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	59484	73
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	59486	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	59482	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	59489	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	59478	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	59484	210
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	59478	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	59478	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	59482	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	59479,59489	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	59474	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	59476,59478,59482,59484,59486,59489	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	59479	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	59482,59486	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	59482	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	59482	5317
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	59482	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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