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Locality Name:
Friedrichssegen Mine, Frücht, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 248

mindat Locality ID: 34225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34225.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Friedrichssegen Mine, Frücht, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°18'11"N
Longitude: 7°40'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.303055555556,7.6713888888889
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Br C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg I K Li Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Ba Br C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg I K Li Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteAnthonyiteApatiteAragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyrite
BaryteBournoniteBrochantiteBruciteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayConnelliteCopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiaspore
DundasiteEpsomiteEttringiteFairfielditeGypsumHexahydriteHopeiteHydrotalciteKaoliniteKoritnigite
KtenasiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMiniumNatrochalciteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePhilipsburgitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StarkeyiteSulphurSymplesiteTetrahedriteTourmalineVivianiteWickenburgiteWoodwarditeWurtziteZircon

164 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Calumetite  (*)Capgaronnite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalconatronite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Duftite  (*)Dundasite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Ferrisymplesite  (*)Gaitite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Glaucocerinite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hanauerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)
Hinsdalite  (*)Holdawayite  (*)Honessite  (*)Hopeite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)Koritnigite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)
Lahnsteinite  (*)Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Litharge  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Manjiroite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Marshite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Morenosite  (*)
Moschellandsbergite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Nickelaustinite  (*)
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Osakaite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Parasymplesite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Perroudite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsburgite  (*)
Pitticite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Portlandite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Quenstedtite  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Redgillite  (*)Reevesite  (*)Retgersite  (*)
Richelsdorfite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Schultenite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siderotil  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stranskiite  (*)
Strashimirite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thometzekite  (*)Uricite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wickenburgite  (*)
Wroewolfeite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)Zincowoodwardite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S35424802793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)3542480254
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)35424802734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35424803250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O33542480231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35424809052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63542480919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)354248071
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)235424805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)23542480172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)63542480132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)63542480413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435424805516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS335424801089
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4354248079
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)635424801633
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr3542480227
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)23542480462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)63542480359
Calumetite  (*)AnthonyiteCaCu4(OH)8Cl2·3.5H2O354248011
Capgaronnite  (*)NoneAgHgClS354248011
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)23542480178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35424804979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O3542480925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O354248091
Chalconatronite  (*)NoneNa2Cu(CO3)2·3H2O354248023
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O3542480197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl35424801382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O35424803531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS35424802600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)835424801756
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O3542480295
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O3542480382
Copper  (*)CopperCu35424803846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)63542480151
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O163542480227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35424804165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O163542480599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O35424802970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O23542480144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3542480366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43542480651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235424809895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3542480648
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)3542480220
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O354248097
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O354248085
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480814
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O354248093
Ferrisymplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O354248021
Gaitite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Zn(AsO4)2·2H2O35424807
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248024243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O354248041
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)33542480504
Glaucocerinite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)354248020
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35424807437
Gold  (*)CopperAu354248030554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O3542480188
Graphite  (*)NoneC35424802812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3542480717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35424806890
Hanauerite  (*)Not in a structural groupAgHgSI35424802
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O35424801689
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4354248073
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6354248057
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6354248082
Holdawayite  (*)NoneMn2+6(CO3)2(OH)7(Cl,OH)35424803
Honessite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Ni1-xFe3+x)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)354248025
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O354248029
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480103
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)23542480201
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O3542480341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)635424801066
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI3542480180
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635424802228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)435424805591
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6354248041
Koritnigite  (*)KoritnigiteZn(AsO3OH)·H2O35424808
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248060
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O354248075
Lahnsteinite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·3H2O35424804
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O3542480593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O3542480149
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)23542480265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3542480581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23542480987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S43542480249
Litharge  (*)NonePbO3542480139
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)23542480210
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)3542480770
Manjiroite  (*)CoronaditeNa(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16354248022
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235424805674
Marshite  (*)SphaleriteCuI354248012
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O3542480915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg3542480397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS3542480255
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl35424801107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O43542480247
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O354248084
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg3354248024
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2354248017380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O354248058
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O354248080
Nickelaustinite  (*)AdeliteCaNi(AsO4)(OH)35424806
Nickelhexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteNi(SO4)·6H2O354248037
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3542480492
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248040
Osakaite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·5H2O35424809
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3542480767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O3542480124
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O3542480105
Perroudite  (*)NoneAg4Hg5S5(I,Br)2Cl2354248023
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O3542480428
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O354248031
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)3542480140
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)63542480170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542480477
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)2354248051
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O3542480309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO235424803106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl35424801725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835424809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Quenstedtite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·11H2O354248017
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O354248068
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O354248045
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O354248048
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O354248055
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O354248057
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O103542480312
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)23542480454
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O3542480293
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O3542480142
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)354248030
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O35424801153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)63542480134
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3542480292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35424806417
Siderotil  (*)ChalcanthiteFe(SO4)·5H2O354248084
Silver  (*)CopperAg35424805186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)35424802473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248021482
Stranskiite  (*)NoneCuZn2(AsO4)235424805
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O354248090
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS35424802045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2354248099
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO35424801101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335424805317
Thometzekite  (*)NatrochalcitePbCu2+2(AsO4)2·2H2O354248010
Uricite  (*)NoneC5H4N4O3354248013
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O33542480369
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O3542480636
Wickenburgite  (*)WickenburgitePb3CaAl2Si10O27·4H2O354248014
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248095
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)354248060
Zincowoodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)354248012
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)35424805251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00059354248 ?-?    YesCinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, EglestoniteHg14243Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)   

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