Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Weilmünster, Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 38812
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38812.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weilmünster, Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Laubuseschbach
Phillipstein

Latitude: 50°26'17"N
Longitude: 8°21'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.438055555556,8.3630555555556

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Melanterite	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Minium ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Malachite Melanterite Minium None Not in a structural group Polybasite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Vivianite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	59230	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	59232	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	59230	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	59230	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	59230	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	59232	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	59230	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	59230	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	59230,59232	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	59230	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	59230,59232	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	59230	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	59232	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	59232	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	59230	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	59230	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	59232	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	59232	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	59230,59232	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	59232	915
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	59230	247
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	59230	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	59230	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	59230	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	59230,59232	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	59232	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	59230	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	59230,59232	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	59232	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	59230	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	59230	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	59230	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	59230	5317
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	59230	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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