Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dillenburg, Giessen, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 307255
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307255.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dillenburg, Giessen, Hesse, Germany": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Donsbach
Nanzenbach

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.

Allophane	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Wavellite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Inesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Tenorite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore
Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Wavellite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	59024	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	59023	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	59021,59022	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	59022,59024	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	59020,59021,59022,59023,59024,59025	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	59021,59022,59023,59024,59025	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	59024	577
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	59023,59025	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	59025	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	59022	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	59022	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	59024	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	59024	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	59024	14640
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	59020	50
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	59021,59022,59023,59024	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	59022	5674
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	59020	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	59021,59022,59024	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	59021,59022,59023,59024	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	59022	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	59024	6417
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	3	59022,59023,59025	1101
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	59024	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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