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Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germanyi
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RunkelTown
Limburg-WeilburgDistrict
Giessen RegionRegion
HesseCity-State
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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Runkel9,872 (2013)
Dehrn2,307 (2013)
Steeden1,526 (2013)
Mindat Locality ID:
340934
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:340934:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Runkel, Arrondissement de Limbourg-Weilbourg, Giessen, Hesse, Allemagne
German:
Runkel, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Deutschland
Italian:
Runkel, Circondario di Limburg-Weilburg, Distretto governativo di Gießen, Assia, Germania
Russian:
Рункель, Лимбург-Вайльбург , Гиссен, Гессен, Германия
Simplified Chinese:
伦克尔, 林堡-魏尔堡县, 吉森行政区, 黑森, 德国
Spanish:
Runkel, Distrito de Limburg-Weilburg, Región de Gießen, Hesse, Alemania
Afrikaans:
Runkel, Hesse, Duitsland
Arabic:
رونكل, هسن, ألمانيا
Aragonese:
Runkel, Hesse, Alemanya
Asturian:
Runkel, Hessen, Alemaña
Basque:
Runkel, Gießen, Hessen, Alemania
Bavarian:
Runkel, Hessn, Deitschland
Breton:
Runkel, Hessen, Alamagn
Bulgarian:
Рункел, Лимбург-Вайлбург, Хесен, Германия
Catalan:
Runkel, Regió de Gießen, Hessen, Alemanya
Cebuano:
Runkel , Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Alemanya
Chechen:
Рункель, Гессен, Германи
Corsican:
Runkel, Assia, Germania
Croatian:
Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Njemačka
Czech:
Runkel, Vládní obvod Gießen, Hesensko, Německo
Danish:
Runkel, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Tyskland
Dutch:
Runkel, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Duitsland
Dutch Low Saxon:
Runkel, Hessen, Duutslaand
Egyptian Arabic:
رونكل, المانيا
Esperanto:
Runkel, Distrikto Limburg-Weilburg, Distriktaro Gießen, Hesio, Germanio
Estonian:
Runkel, Gießeni ringkond, Hessen, Saksamaa
Farsi/Persian:
رونکل, لیمبرگ-وایلبورگ, گیسن, هسن, آلمان
Finnish:
Runkel, Gießenin hallintopiiri, Hessen, Saksa
Franco-Provençal:
Runkel, Hesse, Alemagne
Friulian:
Runkel, Assie, Gjermanie
Galician:
Runkel, Rexión de Gießen, Hessen, Alemaña
Hebrew:
רונקל , הסן, גרמניה
Hungarian:
Runkel, Hessen, Németország
Icelandic:
Runkel, Hessen, Þýskaland
Ido:
Runkel, Hesia, Germania
Indonesian:
Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Jerman
Interlingua:
Runkel, Hessen, Germania
Interlingue:
Runkel, Subdistrict Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germania
Irish Gaelic:
Runkel, Hessen, An Ghearmáin
Japanese:
ルンケル, ギーセン県, ヘッセン州, ドイツ
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Рункель, Лимбург-Вайльбург , Гессен, Германия
Kongo:
Runkel, Hessen, Alemanyi
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Runkel, Hessen, Almanya
Kyrgyz:
Рункель, Гессен, Германия
Ladin:
Runkel
Ligurian:
Runkel, Assia, Germania
Limburgian:
Runkel, Hesse, Duitsland
Low Saxon/Low German:
Runkel, Regerungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Düütschland
Luxembourgish:
Runkel, Landkrees Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezierk Gießen, Hessen, Däitschland
Malagasy:
Runkel, Alemaina
Malay:
Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Jerman
Minangkabau:
Runkel, Jerman
Narom:
Runkel, Hesse, Allemangne
Neapolitan:
Runkel, Assia, Germania
Norwegian:
Runkel, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Tyskland
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Runkel, Regionen Gießen, Hessen, Tyskland
Occitan:
Runkel, Èssa, Alemanha
Picard:
Runkel, Alemanne
Piedmontese:
Runkel, Assia, Almagna
Polish:
Runkel, Powiat Limburg-Weilburg, Rejencja Gießen, Hesja, Niemcy
Portuguese:
Runkel, Limburgo-Veilburgo, Gießen, Hesse, Alemanha
Romanian:
Runkel, Districtul Limburg-Weilburg, Gießen, Hessa, Germania
Romansh:
Runkel, Hessen, Germania
Sardinian:
Runkel, Germania
Scots:
Runkel, Hesse, Germany
Scottish Gaelic:
Runkel, Hessen, A' Ghearmailt
Serbian:
Рункел, Хесен, Њемачка
Serbo-Croatian:
Runkel, Hessen, Njemačka
Sicilian:
Runkel, Hessen, Girmania
Slovak:
Runkel, Gießen, Hesensko, Nemecko
Slovenian:
Runkel, Hessen, Nemčija
South Azerbaijani:
رونکل, هسن, آلمان
Swahili:
Runkel, Hesse, Ujerumani
Swedish:
Runkel, Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Tyskland
Tatar:
Рункель, Hessen, Алмания
Traditional Chinese:
倫克爾, 希燊, 德國
Ukrainian:
Рункель, Лімбург-Вайльбург , Гіссен, Гессен, Німеччина
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg , Hessen, Germaniya
Venetian:
Runkel, Gießen, Assia, Germania
Vietnamese:
Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Đức
Volapük:
Runkel, Hesän, Deutän
Walloon:
Runkel, Almagne
Waray:
Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg, Hessen, Alemanya
Welsh:
Runkel, Hessen, Yr Almaen
West Flemish:
Runkel, Hessen, Duutsland
West Frisian:
Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg , Hessen, Dútslân
Wolof:
Runkel, Almaañ
Zulu:
Runkel, IJalimani


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10 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
ⓘ Crandallite
Formula: CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Description: Fibrous aggregates in cavities.
ⓘ Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
ⓘ Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3F
Description: Dehrnite variety.
ⓘ Fluorapatite var. Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
Formula: Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)
Description: Dehrnite variety.
ⓘ Hausmannite ?
Formula: Mn2+Mn3+2O4
ⓘ Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
ⓘ Lepidocrocite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
ⓘ 'Limonite'
ⓘ Manganite
Formula: Mn3+O(OH)
ⓘ 'Psilomelane'
ⓘ Pyrolusite
Formula: Mn4+O2
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ 'Wad'

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘHausmannite ?4.BB.10Mn2+Mn3+2O4
ⓘHematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘPyrolusite4.DB.05Mn4+O2
ⓘManganite4.FD.15Mn3+O(OH)
ⓘLepidocrocite4.FE.15Fe3+O(OH)
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
ⓘDolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘCrandallite8.BL.10CaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
ⓘFluorapatite
var. Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite
8.BN.05Ca5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)
ⓘ8.BN.05Ca5(PO4)3F
Unclassified
ⓘ'Limonite'-
ⓘ'Psilomelane'-
ⓘ'Wad'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ CrandalliteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Hⓘ LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)
Hⓘ ManganiteMn3+O(OH)
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Cⓘ Fluorapatite var. Carbonate-rich FluorapatiteCa5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)
Cⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ Fluorapatite var. Carbonate-rich FluorapatiteCa5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)
Oⓘ CrandalliteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Oⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Oⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
Oⓘ HausmanniteMn2+Mn23+O4
Oⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Oⓘ LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)
Oⓘ ManganiteMn3+O(OH)
Oⓘ PyrolusiteMn4+O2
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
FFluorine
Fⓘ Fluorapatite var. Carbonate-rich FluorapatiteCa5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)
Fⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
MgMagnesium
Mgⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
AlAluminium
Alⓘ CrandalliteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
Pⓘ Fluorapatite var. Carbonate-rich FluorapatiteCa5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)
Pⓘ CrandalliteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Pⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ Fluorapatite var. Carbonate-rich FluorapatiteCa5(PO4,CO3)3(F,O)
Caⓘ CrandalliteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6
Caⓘ DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Caⓘ FluorapatiteCa5(PO4)3F
MnManganese
Mnⓘ HausmanniteMn2+Mn23+O4
Mnⓘ ManganiteMn3+O(OH)
Mnⓘ PyrolusiteMn4+O2
FeIron
Feⓘ HematiteFe2O3
Feⓘ LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences37
Youngest Fossil Listed347 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed359 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Erdbach Limestone37358.9 - 346.7 Ma (Paleozoic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Bollandia
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Bollandia358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Carbonocoryphe
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Carbonocoryphe358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Cummingella
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Phillipsiidae : Cummingella358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Cyrtoproetus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Cyrtoproetus358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Cystispina
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Cystispina358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Liobole
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Liobole358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Liobolina
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Liobolina358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Pseudowaribole
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Pseudowaribole358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Waribole
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Waribole358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Weania
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Phillipsiidae : Weania358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Xenadoche
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Xenadoche358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Semiproetus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Semiproetus358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Osmolskia
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Osmolskia358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Paraglobusia
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Paraglobusia358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Pseudodudu
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Pseudodudu358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Belgibole
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Belgibole358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Panibole
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Panibole358.9 - 346.7 Ma
Paleozoic
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runkel
Wikidata ID:Q635806
GeoNames ID:6557790

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