Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 29630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse, Germany": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Herbstein
Homberg
Ilbeshausen
Nidda
Ortenberg
Ranstadt
Reichelsheim
Schotten

Latitude: 50°28'19"N
Longitude: 9°2'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.471944444444,9.0488888888889

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite
Erionite	Ettringite	Gismondine	Gyrolite	Harmotome	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodesite	Sapphirine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Tobermorite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-K ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Erionite-K ()*	Faujasite-Ca ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merlinoite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Offretite ()*	Opal ()*	Paulingite-K ()*
Phillipsite-K ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodesite ()*
Rhönite ()*	Saponite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Tacharanite ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apophyllite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Clay Corundum Cristobalite
Erionite Ettringite Gismondine Gyrolite Harmotome Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodesite Sapphirine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Thomsonite Tobermorite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	59536	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	59526,59536,59541,59543	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	4	59529,59536,59538,59546	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	59536	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	59526,59529,59533,59536	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	2	59529,59534	310
Chabazite-K ()*	Chabazite	(K₂NaCa_0.5)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	1	59533	30
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	59536	453
Erionite-K ()*	Erionite	K₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	1	59536	22
Faujasite-Ca ()*	None	(Ca,Na,Mg)₂(Si,Al)₁₂O₂₄·15H₂O	1	59531	12
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	59529	303
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	1	59536	128
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	2	59529,59536	167
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	2	59529,59536	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	59529,59536,59546	5433
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	59546	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	59536,59546	14899
Merlinoite ()*	None	K₅Ca₂(Si₂₃Al₉)O₆₄·24H₂O	1	59536	17
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	59536	425
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3	59526,59529,59533	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	3	59526,59536,59546	1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	59536	471
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	3	59526,59536,59547	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	5	59526,59529,59541,59543,59546	2994
Paulingite-K ()*	None	(K,Ca,Na,Ba, )₁₀(Si,Al)₄₂O₈₄·34H₂O	1	59536	7
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	59534	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	59536	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	59536	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	59529,59536	61156
Rhodesite ()*	Rhodesite	KHCa₂Si₈O₁₉·5H₂O	1	59536	11
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	1	59546	47
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	59536	301
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	59536	390
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	1	59536	47
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	59536	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	2	59529,59536	452
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	59536	114
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	59536	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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