Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ruhla, Thuringia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 31248
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31248.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruhla, Thuringia, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Friedenstein Mine
Mühlrain
Schmidt Quarry

Latitude: 50°53'25"N
Longitude: 10°22'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.890277777778,10.368888888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile

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: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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	63725	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	63727	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	63725,63726	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	63725	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	63725	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	63725	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	63725,63726	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	63725,63726,63727	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	63725	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	63725,63727	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	63726	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	63725,63726,63727	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	63725	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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