Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lehesten, Wurzbach, Thuringia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 286924
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286924.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lehesten, Wurzbach, Thuringia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Slate Quarries

Latitude: 50°28'0"N
Longitude: 11°25'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.466666666667,11.432777777778

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.

Amarantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Copper	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Malachite
Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Aluminocopiapite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Copper ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hohmannite ()*	Lausenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Slavíkite ()*	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: Al 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:
Amarantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Copper Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Malachite
Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O			1	63806	50
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	63806	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	63806	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	63806	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	63806	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	63806	3846
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	63806	484
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O			1	63806	107
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	63806	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	63806	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	63806	409
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	63806	251
Hohmannite ()*	Amarantite	Fe³⁺₂O(SO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	63806	10
Lausenite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·5H₂O	0	0	1	63806	4
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	63806	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	63806	915
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O			1	63806	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	63806	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	63806	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	63806	6417
Slavíkite ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₃O)₃Mg₆Fe₁₅(SO₄)₂₁(OH)₁₈·98H₂O			1	63806	44
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	63806	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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