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Locality Name:
Harmersbach Valley, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 31671
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31671.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Harmersbach Valley, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Oberharmersbach
Schottenhöfe

Latitude: 48°22'54"N
Longitude: 8°7'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.381666666667,8.1283333333333
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 Hg Mg Mn O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCorundumDiaspore
DigeniteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutileSpinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cornubite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mixite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51578151310
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1578163250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)357814,57816,5781811547
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)157818716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15781627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2257814,5781627198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1578182600
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4157818109
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1578161027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21578169895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2157818246
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21578149617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1578187437
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4157818350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3257816,5781814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41578145591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2357814,57816,5781812537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O157818168
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4157818369
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21578183106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2257814,5781861156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10157818312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21578165614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1578146417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51578151516


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