Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Großen-Buseck, Giessen, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 36203
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36203.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Großen-Buseck, Giessen, Hesse, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Attenberg Quarry
Kernberg Quarry

Latitude: 50°36'53"N
Longitude: 8°47'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.614722222222,8.7908333333333

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Feldspar	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite

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 K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Chabazite Clay Feldspar Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Faujasite-Ca ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Offretite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	59032	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	59032	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59032	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	59033	310
Faujasite-Ca ()*	None	(Ca,Na,Mg)₂(Si,Al)₁₂O₂₄·15H₂O	1	59032	12
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	59033	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	59033	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	1	59032	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	59032	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	59032	2349

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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