Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Kassel, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 31713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kassel, Hesse, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hohenkirchen
Wattenscheid
Weimar

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	Molybdenite	None	Perovskite
Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	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 C Ca Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Iron Kaolinite Molybdenite None Perovskite
Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Cohenite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	59123	2060
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	59123	77
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	59123	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	59121	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	59123	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	59123	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	59123	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	59123	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	59123	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	59123	1508
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	59120	1711

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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