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:
Mettmann, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 48856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mettmann, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gruiten
Metzkausen
Neander Valley
Ratingen

Latitude: 51°15'49"N
Longitude: 6°53'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.263611111111,6.8997222222222

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum Marcasite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Marcasite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	60245	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	60247	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	60245,60247	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	60247	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	60245	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	60243	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	60245,60247	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	60247,60250	6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	60245,60247	5674
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	60245,60247	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	60245	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	60245,60247	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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