Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 20258
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20258.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Idria Mine
Laufenderstein Mine
Niederscheld
Oberscheld
St Nicolaus Mine
Thomas Mine

Latitude: 50°44'36"N
Longitude: 8°19'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.743333333333,8.3308333333333

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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Vivianite
Wavellite

Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Azurite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Inesite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Gypsum Linarite Malachite Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Vivianite
Wavellite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

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	2	59142,59148	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	59147	445
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	59150	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	59137	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	59142,59144,59146,59148,59150	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	59147	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	59139,59142,59143,59144,59147,59148,59150	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	59150	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	59135,59142,59144,59147,59148,59150	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	59148	577
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	59150	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	59135	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	59147	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	59150	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	59150	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	59142,59147,59148	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	59143	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	59147	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	59147	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	59148	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	59148	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	59136,59142,59143,59144,59147,59148	14640
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	59147	50
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	59151	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	59147,59148	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	59142,59148,59150	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	59147	1066
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	59147	84
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	59147	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	1	59147	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	59147	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	59135,59142,59144,59147,59148	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	59147	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	59137,59142,59144,59146,59147,59148,59150	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	59142,59147,59148	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	59147	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	59147	21482
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	2	59142,59148	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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