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Bundenbach, Herrstein-Rhaunen, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyi
Regional Level Types
BundenbachMunicipality
Herrstein-RhaunenCollective Municipality
BirkenfeldDistrict
Rhineland-PalatinateState
GermanyCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Bundenbach1,012 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
280340
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:280340:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Rhénanie-Palatinat, Allemagne
German:
Bundenbach, Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Italian:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Renania-Palatinato, Germania
Russian:
Бунденбах, Биркенфельд, Рейнланд-Пфальц, Германия
Simplified Chinese:
本登巴赫, 比肯费尔德, 莱茵兰-普法尔茨, 德国
Spanish:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Renania-Palatinado, Alemania
Basque:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Renania-Palatinatua, Alemania
Cebuano:
Bundenbach , Rheinland-Pfalz, Alemanya
Dutch:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Rijnland-Palts, Duitsland
Esperanto:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Rejnlando-Palatinato, Germanio
Farsi/Persian:
بوندنباخ, بیرکنفلد, راینلاند-فالتس, آلمان
Hungarian:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Rajna-vidék-Pfalz, Németország
Japanese:
ブンデンバッハ, ビルケンフェルト, ラインラント=プファルツ州, ドイツ
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Бунденбах, Биркенфельд, Рейнланд-Пфальц, Германия
Kyrgyz:
Бунденбах, Биркенфельд, Германия
Malay:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Jerman
Polish:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Nadrenia-Palatynat, Niemcy
Portuguese:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Renânia-Palatinado, Alemanha
Romanian:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Renania-Palatinat, Germania
Serbian:
Бунденбах, Биркенфелд, Рајна-Палатинат, Њемачка
Serbo-Croatian:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Porajnje-Falačka, Njemačka
Traditional Chinese:
本登巴赫, 比爾肯費爾德, 萊茵-普法茨, 德國
Ukrainian:
Бунденбах, Біркенфельд, Рейнланд-Пфальц, Німеччина
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Germaniya
Vietnamese:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Đức
Volapük:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Rinän-Palzän, Deutän
Waray:
Bundenbach, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Alemanya


Bundenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein.

For its roughly 400-million-year-old fossils of Placodermi and other creatures from the Devonian, Bundenbach is said to be a world-class fossil "Lagerstätte".

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

9 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Ankerite
Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Galena
Formula: PbS
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyromorphite
Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Ankerite5.AB.10Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Pyromorphite8.BN.05Pb5(PO4)3Cl

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
C CalciteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
OOxygen
O AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
O CalciteCaCO3
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
O QuartzSiO2
MgMagnesium
Mg AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
SiSilicon
Si QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
P PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
ClChlorine
Cl PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
CaCalcium
Ca AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
FeIron
Fe AnkeriteCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS
Pb PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl

Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences9
Youngest Fossil Listed403 Ma (Early/Lower Devonian)
Oldest Fossil Listed409 Ma (Early/Lower Devonian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
middle Kaub9409.1 - 402.5 Ma (Early/Lower Devonian)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Teicherticeras
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Teicherticeratidae : Teicherticeras409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Mimagoniatites fecundus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Agoniatitida : Mimagoniatitidae : Mimagoniatites : Mimagoniatites fecundus409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Ivoites
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Mimosphinctidae : Ivoites409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Ivoites schindewolfi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Mimosphinctidae : Ivoites : Ivoites schindewolfi409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Ivoites opitzi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Mimosphinctidae : Ivoites : Ivoites opitzi409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Ivoites hunsrueckianus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Agoniatitida : Mimosphinctidae : Ivoites : Ivoites hunsrueckianus409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Erbenoceras solitarium
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Agoniatitida : Mimosphinctidae : Erbenoceras : Erbenoceras solitarium409.1 - 402.5 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 3 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundenbach
Wikidata ID:Q564274
GeoNames ID:2941692

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