Predictive Mineralogy
Possible unrecorded species at Silver smelter slag locality, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
This table is based on statistical analysis of other localities containing similar species to the ones found at this locality.
Possible missing species | Formula | Match % | Due to recorded presence of |
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Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 99.99% | Anglesite (50.35 %), Aurichalcite (76.45 %), Brochantite (75.59 %), Chenite (80.43 %), Cuprite (79.07 %), Elyite (76.34 %), Minium (51.76 %), Posnjakite (81.46 %), Rosasite (81.69 %) |
Galena | PbS | 99.99% | Anglesite (86.19 %), Aurichalcite (74.95 %), Brochantite (55.97 %), Chenite (80.43 %), Elyite (68.82 %), Minium (79.58 %), Posnjakite (59.83 %), Rosasite (78.02 %) |
Quartz | SiO2 | 99.99% | Anglesite (68.30 %), Aurichalcite (66.36 %), Brochantite (70.20 %), Chenite (65.22 %), Copper (56.56 %), Cuprite (65.19 %), Elyite (50.54 %), Minium (61.62 %), Posnjakite (73.88 %), Rosasite (75.09 %) |
Cerussite | PbCO3 | 99.99% | Anglesite (71.56 %), Aurichalcite (64.77 %), Chenite (84.78 %), Elyite (83.87 %), Minium (76.06 %), Posnjakite (50.00 %), Rosasite (73.63 %) |
Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 99.97% | Anglesite (58.14 %), Aurichalcite (64.77 %), Brochantite (71.06 %), Chenite (50.00 %), Copper (53.15 %), Cuprite (67.05 %), Posnjakite (77.25 %), Rosasite (67.03 %) |
Calcite | CaCO3 | 99.96% | Anglesite (53.86 %), Aurichalcite (69.35 %), Brochantite (53.68 %), Chenite (65.22 %), Elyite (59.14 %), Minium (60.92 %), Posnjakite (66.01 %), Rosasite (72.53 %) |
Pyrite | FeS2 | 99.89% | Anglesite (64.19 %), Aurichalcite (62.90 %), Brochantite (63.33 %), Cuprite (58.26 %), Minium (50.70 %), Posnjakite (70.22 %), Rosasite (63.92 %) |
Sphalerite | ZnS | 99.68% | Anglesite (64.09 %), Aurichalcite (70.37 %), Brochantite (50.32 %), Minium (58.45 %), Posnjakite (55.90 %), Rosasite (67.03 %) |
Langite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 Β· 2H2O | 94.45% | Chenite (63.04 %), Elyite (62.37 %), Posnjakite (60.11 %) |
Linarite | PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 | 93.68% | Chenite (78.26 %), Elyite (70.97 %) |
Caledonite | Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 | 93.05% | Chenite (80.43 %), Elyite (64.52 %) |
Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 92.08% | Cuprite (51.54 %), Posnjakite (58.15 %), Rosasite (60.99 %) |
Covellite | CuS | 90.17% | Chenite (54.35 %), Elyite (52.69 %), Posnjakite (54.49 %) |
Hydrocerussite | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 85.69% | Chenite (63.04 %), Elyite (61.29 %) |
Lanarkite | Pb2(SO4)O | 84.22% | Chenite (67.39 %), Elyite (51.61 %) |
Goethite | Ξ±-Fe3+O(OH) | 83.12% | Chenite (58.70 %), Elyite (59.14 %) |
Gypsum | CaSO4 Β· 2H2O | 83.01% | Elyite (59.14 %), Posnjakite (58.43 %) |
Hemimorphite | Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 Β· H2O | 82.03% | Aurichalcite (50.47 %), Rosasite (63.74 %) |
Smithsonite | ZnCO3 | 80.78% | Aurichalcite (54.58 %), Rosasite (57.69 %) |
Leadhillite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 | 80.01% | Chenite (58.70 %), Elyite (51.61 %) |
Aragonite | CaCO3 | 77.88% | Chenite (52.17 %), Elyite (53.76 %) |
Susannite | Pb4(CO3)2(SO4)(OH)2 | 52.17% | Chenite (52.17 %) |
Baryte | BaSO4 | 41.73% | Chenite (52.17 %) |
Pyromorphite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl | 40.00% | Chenite (50.00 %) |
Key: Mineral matches key element mineralogy of deposit Key element(s) in mineral not listed for deposit (-20% score)
Predicting paragenetic modes of deposit
Green indicates almost certain match based on minerals unique to a certain deposit type. Yellow indicates a possibly poor match, but should not be entirely discounted. Scores > 100 indicate strong confidence.