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:
Blasbach, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 287248
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287248.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blasbach, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill, Hesse, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hirschkopf Quarry

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

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	None	Prehnite	Quartz

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 O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Lepidocrocite Malachite None Prehnite Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Goethite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Malachite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59168	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	59168	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	59168	3531
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	59168	7437
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	59168	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	59168	12537
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	59168	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	59168	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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