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Locality Name:
Roßgrabeneck, Nordrach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 5741
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5741.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roßgrabeneck, Nordrach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°22'16"N
Longitude: 8°3'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.371111111111,8.05
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: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn Mo O P S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn Mo O P S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteCorundumDiasporeLepidocrocite
MixiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Russellite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O0150
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O30214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO6040
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297


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