Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Schwalm-Eder, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 307248
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307248.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schwalm-Eder, Hesse, Germany": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Melsungen
Neuental
Schwalmstadt

Latitude: 50°56'49"N
Longitude: 9°12'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.946944444444,9.215

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.

Gypsum	Halotrichite	Iron	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Spinel

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 Ca Cr Fe H Ni O P S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Gypsum Halotrichite Iron Marcasite None Pyrite Rocksalt Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Iron ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wüstite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	59497,59502,59507	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	59505	409
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	59508	1089
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	59508	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	59507	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	59507	39462
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	59508	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	59508	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	59508	1044
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	59508	74

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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