Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
St Wendel, Saarland, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 31717
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31717.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Wendel, Saarland, Germany": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Freisen
Oberkirchen
Oberthal
Tholey
Walhausen

Latitude: 49°30'14"N
Longitude: 7°8'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.503888888889,7.1355555555556

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Digenite	Feldspar	Harmotome	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Digenite Feldspar Harmotome Malachite Marcasite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	61922	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	61926	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	61924	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	61916	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	61926	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	61914,61918	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	61924,61926	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	61913,61914,61924,61926	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	61914,61924,61926	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	61924,61926	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	61926	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	61924,61926	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	61924,61926	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	61913	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	61922	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	61926	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	61913,61926	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	61926	378
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	61926	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	61924	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	61924,61926	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	61913,61914,61916,61924	7437
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	3	61913,61914,61924	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	61914,61918	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	61913,61924,61926	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	61924	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	61926	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	61924	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	61913,61914,61916,61918,61920,61924,61926	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	61926	301
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	61924,61926	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	61926	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	61926	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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