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Locality Name:
Ratingen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 47616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ratingen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Breitscheid
Lintorf
Selbeck

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteDevillineGypsumMarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Phosgenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)260254,6025611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41602565516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260254,6025627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216025627198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260254,6025624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1602566890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1602561398
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2260254,602565674
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs160256633
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2160256142
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216025639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260254,6025661156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O160256292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1602546417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260254,6025621482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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