Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saalfeld, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 309708
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309708.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saalfeld, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Garnsdorf
Morassina Mine
Reichmannsdorf
Schmiedefeld

Latitude: 50°32'27"N
Longitude: 11°14'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.540833333333,11.241388888889

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	Alum	Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epsomite	Ettringite	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Starkeyite	Volborthite

Allophane ()*	Alum-(K) ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Destinezite ()*	Diadochite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dypingite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*	Giniite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Monohydrocalcite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pitticite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rapidcreekite ()*	Rozenite ()*
Sasaite ()*	Schwertmannite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Vashegyite ()*	Volborthite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alum Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epsomite Ettringite Gypsum
Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Starkeyite Volborthite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	63746	470
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	63746	92
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	63746	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	63748	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	63746,63748,63749	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	63749	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	63746	1633
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	2	63746,63747	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	63747	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	63746	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	2	63748,63750	577
Destinezite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	1	63746	19
Diadochite ()*	Amorphous	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	1	63746	81
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	63747	651
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	63746	50
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	63746	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	63749	24243
Giniite ()*	None	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(PO₄)₄(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	63747	2
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	63747	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	63748,63750	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	63747	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	63747	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	63748,63750	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	63747	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	63747	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	63750	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	63746	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	63746	915
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O	1	63746	55
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	63747	17380
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	1	63746	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	63746,63747,63748,63750	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	63747,63748,63749	61156
Rapidcreekite ()*	None	Ca₂(SO₄)(CO₃)·4H₂O	1	63746	10
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	63747	293
Sasaite ()*	None	Al₆(PO₄)₅(OH)₃·36H₂O	1	63746	11
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O	2	63746,63747	37
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	63749	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	63750	21482
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	63747	183
Vashegyite ()*	None	Al₁₁(PO₄)₉(OH)₆·38H₂O	1	63746	28
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	63746	155

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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