Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Braubach, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 39008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Braubach, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Königsstiel Adit
Lead And Silver Smelter Slag Locality
Rosenberg Mine

Latitude: 50°16'41"N
Longitude: 7°38'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.278055555556,7.6469444444444

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper
Covellite	Cristobalite	Devilline	Ettringite	Fairchildite	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalconatronite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dypingite ()*	Elyite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Fairchildite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Langite ()*
Laurionite ()*	Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Namuwite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Nyerereite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Piypite ()*	Plumbonacrite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spertiniite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Strashimirite ()*	Trona ()*	Zincite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper
Covellite Cristobalite Devilline Ettringite Fairchildite Gypsum Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Marcasite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Vivianite Wurtzite

49 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	354	248	2	61592,61593	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	2	61592,61593	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	354	248	1	61593	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	354	248	1	61593	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	61591	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	2	61592,61593	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	3	61591,61592,61593	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354	248	3	61591,61592,61593	4979
Chalconatronite ()*	None	Na₂Cu(CO₃)₂·3H₂O	354	248	2	61592,61593	23
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	2	61591,61593	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	3	61591,61592,61593	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	2	61592,61593	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61592	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	2	61592,61593	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61591	9895
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	354	248	2	61592,61593	50
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	354	248	1	61592	85
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	354	248	1	61592	93
Fairchildite ()*	Fairchildite	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂	354	248	2	61592,61593	10
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	2	61591,61593	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	1	61592	6890
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	1	61592	103
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	61593	201
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	354	248	1	61592	75
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	354	248	1	61592	593
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	354	248	1	61592	49
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61592	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	354	248	2	61592,61593	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	3	61591,61592,61593	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61591	5674
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	354	248	1	61592	58
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	354	248	1	61592	254
Nyerereite ()*	Fairchildite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	354	248	2	61592,61593	18
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	354	248	1	61592	492
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	354	248	1	61593	767
Piypite ()*	None	K₄Cu₄O₂(SO₄)₄·(Na,Cu)Cl	354	248	1	61592	5
Plumbonacrite ()*	None	Pb₅(CO₃)₃O(OH)₂	354	248	1	61592	13
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	354	248	1	61592	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	2	61591,61593	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	354	248	2	61591,61593	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	2	61591,61593	61156
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	354	248	1	61592	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	1	61591	6417
Spertiniite ()*	None	Cu(OH)₂	354	248	2	61592,61593	17
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	1	61591	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	354	248	1	61593	3418
Strashimirite ()*	None	Cu₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·2.5H₂O	354	248	1	61592	90
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	354	248	1	61592	129
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	354	248	2	61592,61593	98

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00059	354	248		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, Eglestonite	Hg	14243	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany		Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)

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