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Locality Name:
Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 307243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Alheim
Bebra
Cornberg
Heringen
Nentershausen
Phillippsthal

Latitude: 50°57'59"N
Longitude: 9°54'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.966388888889,9.9066666666667

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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAlumAluniteAnalcimeAndalusiteAnthonyiteApatiteAphthitaliteAragonite
ArsenoliteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBlöditeBrochantiteBulachiteCalciteCarnalliteChalcanthite
ChalcoalumiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovellite
CristobaliteCyanotrichiteDevillineDiasporeEnargiteEpsomiteEttringiteFairfielditeGypsumHexahydrite
HureauliteHydrotalciteKaoliniteKieseriteKoritnigiteKtenasiteLöllingiteLangbeiniteLepidocrociteLinarite
LindackeriteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMetavoltineMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupParahopeitePerovskitePhenakitePicromeritePyriteQuartzRinneiteRocksaltRoselite
SkutteruditeSpangoliteSphaleriteStarkeyiteSulphurSyngeniteTetrahedriteTridymiteTyroliteVivianite
WadsleyiteWurtzite

175 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Roselite-β  (*)Anthonyite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aphthitalite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bianchite  (*)Bischofite  (*)Blödite  (*)
Boleite  (*)Bornite  (*)Botallackite  (*)Brassite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Bulachite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnallite  (*)Cattierite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalconatronite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinosafflorite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cobaltkoritnigite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)
Cotunnite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Diaboleite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Erythrosiderite  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Ferrarisite  (*)Galena  (*)Gaspéite  (*)Glauberite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Guérinite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Haidingerite  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hematophanite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Irhtemite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kainite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kieserite  (*)Koritnigite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)
Langbeinite  (*)Langite  (*)Laurionite  (*)Leonite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Leucite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löweite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monohydrocalcite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Mullite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickelhexahydrite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Norsethite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parahopeite  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)
Paratacamite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Phaunouxite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Picromerite  (*)
Picropharmacolite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pseudowollastonite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Quenstedtite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rauenthalite  (*)
Retgersite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Rinneite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Roselite  (*)Rösslerite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Sainfeldite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Simonkolleite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Sudoite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Sylvite  (*)Syngenite  (*)
Szomolnokite  (*)Talmessite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Theisite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Ulexite  (*)
Vaesite  (*)Vanthoffite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Vladimirite  (*)Wadsleyite  (*)
Weilite  (*)Willemite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wülfingite  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)159088254
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O15908892
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)259088,590892734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)259088,590921588
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O259088,59090445
Roselite-β  (*)FairfielditeCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O15908821
Anthonyite  (*)AnthonyiteCu(OH)2·3H2O1590896
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4159089246
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)215909277
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)459078,59088,59089,590923250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3159088231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1590889052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3159089544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6259088,59089919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2559078,59081,59088,59089,590905509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)459071,59072,59084,5908811547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6159089413
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O15908940
Bischofite  (*)NoneMgCl2·6H2O15909242
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O159092130
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)4815908965
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4259088,590895516
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)315908949
Brassite  (*)NoneMg(AsO3OH)·4H2O259088,590909
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6359078,59088,590891633
Bulachite  (*)BulachiteAl6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)4·2H2O1590885
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)459077,59088,59089,5909227770
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O159092132
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS215908830
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1590921252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)259088,590894979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O159089925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O15908991
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S259088,590895707
Chalconatronite  (*)NoneNa2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O15908823
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O159088194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2259088,5908927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1590883531
Clinosafflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs215908821
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS159088966
Cobaltkoritnigite  (*)KoritnigiteCo(AsO3OH)·H2O259088,5909032
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)159088363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O159089295
Copper  (*)CopperCu359077,59088,590893846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4159088109
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl215908954
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1590884165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2159081453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O259088,590892970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2159089179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O359088,59089,59090366
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)415908957
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16159088300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2259088,590929895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)159088220
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O15908985
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4159088910
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O159092484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O459077,59088,59089,59090814
Erythrosiderite  (*)NoneK2Fe3+Cl5·H2O1590927
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O15908993
Ferrarisite  (*)LindackeriteCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O00259088,5909011
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15908824243
Gaspéite  (*)CalciteNi(CO3)15908822
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2159092137
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1590887437
Guérinite  (*)NoneCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O259088,5909031
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O859069,59070,59078,59079,59087,59088,59089,590926890
Haidingerite  (*)NoneCa(AsO3OH)·H2O259088,5909017
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1590921398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3259088,5909214640
Hematophanite  (*)PerovskitePb4Fe3+3O8(Cl,OH)1590893
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)159088111
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O159088103
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O15908930
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2159089201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6259088,590891066
Irhtemite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O259088,590907
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6259088,590892228
Kainite  (*)NoneKMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O15909250
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41590885591
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O15909280
Koritnigite  (*)KoritnigiteZn(AsO3OH)·H2O1590888
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O15908860
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O15908975
Langbeinite  (*)LangbeiniteK2Mg2(SO4)315909243
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O259088,59089593
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)15908949
Leonite  (*)NoneK2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O15909224
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)159089581
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)159089233
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2259088,59089987
Löweite  (*)NoneNa12Mg7(SO4)13·15H2O15909228
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1590921487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2659077,59078,59081,59088,59089,5909012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21590885674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O159089915
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O15908878
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS259084,590881066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1590891107
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O159092223
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21590895800
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O259077,5908855
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O15908884
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)15908178
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215908117380
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteNi(SO4)·6H2O15908837
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs259084,59088633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3259084,59088176
Norsethite  (*)NoneBaMg(CO3)215908930
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)159088492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS259079,59088767
Parahopeite  (*)ParahopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O15908911
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs215908852
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O259088,59090124
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6159089158
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O159088105
Phaunouxite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·11H2O259088,5909014
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2159089142
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O15909244
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O259088,5909099
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)159088140
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O159092102
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O359078,59079,59088309
Pseudowollastonite  (*)NoneCaSiO31590897
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2259088,5909239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2359081,59088,5909261156
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O15908917
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2359075,59076,59088233
Rauenthalite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·10H2O259088,5909023
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O15908855
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1590891711
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O15908853
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O259088,5909057
Rinneite  (*)RinneiteK3NaFe2+Cl615909220
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2159089454
Roselite  (*)RoseliteCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O259088,5909023
Rösslerite  (*)NoneMg(AsO3OH)·7H2O15908816
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O259088,59089293
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2159088317
Sainfeldite  (*)HureauliteCa5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O259088,5909028
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O159089142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O659077,59078,59079,59088,59089,59090292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)259088,590896417
Simonkolleite  (*)NoneZn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O0015908911
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3359084,59088,59090531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1590882473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O159089105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS259088,5908921482
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O359079,59088,5909090
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)815908151
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS359088,59089,590922045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)215908999
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl159092275
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O15909244
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O159088139
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O259088,5909046
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131590881803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1590881101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13259088,590905317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)1415908858
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O159088433
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2159081458
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O159088245
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O159069160
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2259084,59088106
Vanthoffite  (*)NoneNa6Mg(SO4)415909216
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O159089636
Vladimirite  (*)NoneCa4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)·4H2O259088,5909015
Wadsleyite  (*)WadsleyiteMg2SiO415908913
Weilite  (*)NoneCa(AsO3OH)259088,5909019
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4159089303
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)159089251
Wülfingite  (*)CristobaliteZn(OH)21590895
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO15908998



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070586Heringen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R070586
R130117Richelsdorf Smelter, Süß, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R130117


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