Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Herborn, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 32128
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32128.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Herborn, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Alte Und Neue Constanze Mine
Bornberg Iron Mine
Diabase Quarries

Latitude: 50°42'22"N
Longitude: 8°19'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.706111111111,8.3288888888889

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	Alunite	Analcime	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Gadolinite	Ilvaite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Azurite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Beudantite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Analcime Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Gadolinite Ilvaite Malachite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite

26 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	59162	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	59162	1627
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	59160	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	2	59161,59162	161
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	59161	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	59160	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	59160,59161,59162	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	59160	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	59160,59162	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	59160	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	59160	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	59162	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	59162	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	59162	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	59162	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	59161	197
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	59162	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	59160,59162	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	59162	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	59162	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	59162	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	59160,59162	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	59160,59161,59162	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	59161	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	59162	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	59160	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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