Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 307246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany": 77
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 50

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bischoffen
Breitscheid
Dillenburg
Greifenstein
Haiger
Herborn
Mittenaar
Wetzlar

Latitude: 50°40'13"N
Longitude: 8°18'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.670277777778,8.3152777777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beraunite
Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Cerite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Dufrénite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Harmotome	Ilvaite	Iron	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Linarite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Phosphosiderite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rockbridgeite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Strunzite	Thomsonite	Turquoise	Vivianite	Wavellite

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Analcime Andalusite Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Baryte Beraunite
Brochantite Brookite Calcite Cerite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Dufrénite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Gypsum Harmotome Ilvaite Iron Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Linarite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Millerite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Phosphosiderite Prehnite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rockbridgeite Rocksalt Rutile Skutterudite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Strunzite Thomsonite Turquoise Vivianite Wavellite

111 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanpringite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*
Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beraunite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Brookite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chabazite-K ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*
Delvauxite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dufrénite ()*	Eleonorite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Inesite ()*
Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kidwellite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matulaite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Millerite ()*
Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*
Planerite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*
Santabarbaraite ()*	Saponite ()*	Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Strengite ()*	Strunzite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tinticite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Troilite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Uricite ()*	Vantasselite ()*	Variscite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*
Whitlockite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	59162	8803
Allanpringite ()*	Wavellite	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	59200	2
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	59154,59162	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	59171,59200	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	59142,59148,59185	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	59147	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	59131,59133,59154	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	59133,59150,59160	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	3	59137,59161,59162	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	59142,59144,59146,59148,59150,59171,59182,59189	11547
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	2	59185,59199	136
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	59161	413
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	59147	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	59180	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	59160	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	59200	700
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	5	59173,59184,59185,59196,59200	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	59133,59139,59142,59143,59144,59147,59148,59150,59154,59158,59160,59161,59162,59168,59170,59171,59177,59180,59182,59184,59185,59193,59204	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	59170,59171	1252
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	59154	310
Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite	(K₂NaCa_0.5)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	59154	30
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	59150,59160	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	13	59133,59135,59142,59144,59147,59148,59150,59160,59162,59168,59171,59189,59193	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	59200	77
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	59148	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	59130	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	59150,59160,59168	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	59135,59189	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	59147	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	59150	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	59200	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	2	59196,59200	310
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	59200	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	59150,59160	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	59162	498
Delvauxite ()*	Amorphous	CaFe³⁺₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₈·4-5H₂O	2	59185,59196	41
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9	59133,59142,59147,59148,59177,59182,59184,59185,59204	9895
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	2	59196,59200	139
Eleonorite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	4	59173,59185,59196,59200	51
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	59130	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	59143,59162	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	59147	814
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	59185,59196	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	59170,59171,59204	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	59147,59162	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	6	59148,59168,59187,59196,59200,59204	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	59148,59200	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	59185	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	20	59133,59136,59142,59143,59144,59147,59148,59162,59170,59171,59172,59182,59184,59185,59189,59193,59199,59200,59202,59204	14640
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	59200	62
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	1	59154	85
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	59196	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	59130	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	59161	197
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	59147	50
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	59130	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	59130	191
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	59200	2228
Kidwellite ()*	None	NaFe³⁺_9+x(PO₄)₆(OH)₁₁·3H₂O (x ≈ 0.33)	2	59196,59200	53
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	59162	1271
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	5	59168,59171,59185,59187,59204	581
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	59200	234
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	59151	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	59130,59147,59148,59154	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	10	59133,59142,59148,59150,59160,59162,59168,59170,59171,59189	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	4	59177,59178,59185,59187	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	59162,59200	5674
Matulaite ()*	None	Fe³⁺Al₇(PO₄)₄(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈(H₂O)₈·8H₂O	1	59196	10
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	59154	425
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	59147,59158	1066
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	59147	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	59162	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	59147	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	1	59147	176
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	59177	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	59184	2994
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	59147	767
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	59154	75
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	59154	71
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	59200	182
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	59200	43
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	59162,59168,59193	1898
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	59200	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14	59135,59142,59144,59147,59148,59154,59160,59162,59171,59182,59184,59189,59193,59200	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	8	59172,59177,59178,59184,59185,59187,59196,59200	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	59147	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	21	59133,59137,59142,59144,59146,59147,59148,59150,59160,59161,59162,59168,59171,59177,59182,59184,59185,59189,59193,59196,59200	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	4	59185,59187,59191,59199	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	59161	969
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	3	59173,59196,59200	206
Santabarbaraite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	59200	21
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	59154	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	8	59142,59147,59148,59158,59170,59171,59185,59200	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	59147	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	59147,59162	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	59201	456
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	6	59173,59184,59185,59196,59199,59200	263
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	59196	98
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	59130	703
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	59160	1101
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	59154	452
Tinticite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·3H₂O	1	59200	19
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	59200	433
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	59130	1044
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	2	59180,59200	484
Uricite ()*	None	C₅H₄N₄O₃	1	59200	13
Vantasselite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃·9H₂O	1	59200	5
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	2	59184,59196	301
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	59204	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	9	59142,59148,59173,59180,59184,59185,59196,59199,59200	374
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	1	59196	104

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070141	Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany	https://rruff.info/R070141
R080147	Mark Mine, Essershausen, Weilburg, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany	https://rruff.info/R080147

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