Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Eschwege, Werra-Meißner, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 32019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eschwege, Werra-Meißner, Hesse, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Albungen
Blaue Kuppe

Latitude: 51°9'15"N
Longitude: 10°2'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.154166666667,10.034444444444

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Mica	Milarite	Natrolite	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tridymite

Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Tridymite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar
Kaolinite Mica Milarite Natrolite None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Tridymite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	59601	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59601	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	59601	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	59600	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59601	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	59600	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	59601	1008
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	59601	453
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	59601	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	59601	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	59601	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	59601	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	59601	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	59601	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	59601	1236
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	59601	2349
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	59601	42
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	59600,59601	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	59601	5614
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	59601	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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