Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 18.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.7

mindat Locality ID: 1756
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1756.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bickensohl
Bötzingen
Burkheim-Sponeck
Ihringen
Niederrotweil
Oberbergen
Oberrotweil
Sasbach
Schelingen

Latitude: 48°5'56"N
Longitude: 7°38'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.098888888889,7.6455555555556

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Calcite	Calzirtite
Cancrinite-sodalite	Chabazite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melilite	Mica	Molybdenite
Monazite	Natrolite	Neptunite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pectolite	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Thomsonite	Titanite	Tridymite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite	Zircon	Zirconolite

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe Mg O Si Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Baryte Bastnäsite Beryl Calcite Calzirtite
Cancrinite-sodalite Chabazite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Ettringite
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Kaolinite Marcasite Melilite Mica Molybdenite
Monazite Natrolite Neptunite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pectolite Perovskite Pyrite
Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel
Thomsonite Titanite Tridymite Wollastonite Wöhlerite Zircon Zirconolite

91 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Åkermanite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*
Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Calzirtite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cordierite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Faujasite-Ca ()*	Faujasite-Mg ()*	Faujasite-Na ()*
Fayalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Götzenite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Leucite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Neptunite ()*	Niocalite ()*	Nosean ()*
Offretite ()*	Opal ()*	Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Pectolite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phillipsite-K ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Schorlomite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Spadaite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Strontianite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Tridymite ()*	Wöhlerite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	18.5	15.7	2	57878,57892	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	18.5	15.7	1	57878	286
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	18.5	15.7	1	57899	50
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	18.5	15.7	1	57892	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57889	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	18.5	15.7	9	57877,57878,57885,57887,57888,57889,57891,57892,57899	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	18.5	15.7	1	57898	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	18.5	15.7	2	57875,57895	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	18.5	15.7	5	57883,57885,57887,57894,57895	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	18.5	15.7	2	57878,57899	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	18.5	15.7	1	57898	304
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	18.5	15.7	10	57875,57878,57881,57883,57885,57892,57894,57895,57899,57901	27770
Calzirtite ()*	Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆	18.5	15.7	0		32
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	18.5	15.7	1	57878	1252
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57878	310
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	18.5	15.7	1	57898	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	18.5	15.7	1	57878	1008
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	18.5	15.7	1	57878	227
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	18.5	15.7	2	57878,57887	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	18.5	15.7	4	57878,57887,57895,57901	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	18.5	15.7	2	57895,57898	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	18.5	15.7	1	57878	8173
Faujasite-Ca ()*	None	(Ca,Na,Mg)₂(Si,Al)₁₂O₂₄·15H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57895	12
Faujasite-Mg ()*	None	(Mg,Na,K,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₁₂O₂₄·15H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57895	1
Faujasite-Na ()*	None	(Na,Ca,Mg)₂(Si,Al)₁₂O₂₄·15H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57895	10
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	18.5	15.7	1	57895	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	18.5	15.7	3	57878,57887,57889	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	18.5	15.7	2	57878,57892	303
Fluorcalciopyrochlore ()*	None	(Ca,Na)₂(Nb,Ti)₂O₆F	18.5	15.7	1	57901	18
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	18.5	15.7	1	57878	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	18.5	15.7	1	57901	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	18.5	15.7	2	57896,57899	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	18.5	15.7	1	57895	7437
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57878	167
Götzenite ()*	None	Ca₄NaCa₂Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	18.5	15.7	1	57878	27
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57892	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57878	290
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	18.5	15.7	4	57887,57891,57892,57899	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	18.5	15.7	1	57898	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57878	1689
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	18.5	15.7	1	57895	407
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57895	341
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	18.5	15.7	1	57878	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	18.5	15.7	1	57898	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	18.5	15.7	1	57878	5591
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	18.5	15.7	1	57891	233
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	18.5	15.7	1	57901	98
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	18.5	15.7	1	57895	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	18.5	15.7	6	57878,57885,57887,57892,57895,57896	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	18.5	15.7	1	57887	5674
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57878	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	18.5	15.7	1	57878	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	18.5	15.7	1	57898	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	18.5	15.7	2	57881,57895	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	18.5	15.7	1	57878	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	18.5	15.7	2	57878,57892	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	18.5	15.7	2	57887,57899	884
Neptunite ()*	Neptunite	KNa₂LiFe²⁺₂Ti₂Si₈O₂₄	18.5	15.7	1	57878	49
Niocalite ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₇Nb(Si₂O₇)₂O₃F	18.5	15.7	1	57899	3
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57887	75
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	18.5	15.7	2	57894,57895	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	18.5	15.7	7	57878,57881,57883,57889,57892,57894,57895	2994
Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Pyrochlore	Ca₂Nb₂O₆O	18.5	15.7	1	57896	11
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	18.5	15.7	1	57878	363
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	18.5	15.7	3	57885,57899,57901	495
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57895	71
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	18.5	15.7	4	57875,57896,57898,57899	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	18.5	15.7	1	57878	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	18.5	15.7	3	57878,57889,57901	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	18.5	15.7	3	57878,57892,57898	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	18.5	15.7	3	57878,57892,57898	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	18.5	15.7	3	57878,57887,57889	598
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	18.5	15.7	0		54
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57878	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	18.5	15.7	1	57898	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	18.5	15.7	1	57878	1516
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	18.5	15.7	1	57892	444
Spadaite ()*	None	MgSiO₂(OH)₂·H₂O (?)	18.5	15.7	1	57893	7
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	18.5	15.7	1	57878	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	18.5	15.7	2	57878,57901	1934
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	18.5	15.7	2	57878,57879	589
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57878	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	18.5	15.7	2	57875,57878	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	18.5	15.7	4	57878,57889,57892,57898	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	18.5	15.7	1	57895	433
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	18.5	15.7	1	57892	458
Wöhlerite ()*	Wöhlerite	Na₂Ca₄Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si₂O₇)₂(O,F)₄	18.5	15.7	1	57899	83
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	18.5	15.7	3	57878,57898,57899	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	18.5	15.7	1	57878	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	18.5	15.7	0		140
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	18.5	15.7	1	57878	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000616	MAGMATIC STYLE: Central, sub-volcanic sövite intrusion of about 1 km2, numerous alvikite dykes and lapillistone layers (at two localities) 1-1.5 m thick. Lapilli generally from 0.5 to 15 mm but small bombs reach a few centimetres. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and tuffs include limburgite, nephelinite, phonolite and leucite tephrite; dykes and larger intrusive bodies include shonkinite, bergalite, phonolite, monchiquite, essexite and theralite.
Jen_0000617	MAGMATIC STYLE: Central, sub-volcanic sövite intrusion of about 1 km2, numerous alvikite dykes and lapillistone layers (at two localities) 1-1.5 m thick. Lapilli generally from 0.5 to 15 mm but small bombs reach a few centimetres. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and tuffs include limburgite, nephelinite, phonolite and leucite tephrite; dykes and larger intrusive bodies include shonkinite, bergalite, phonolite, monchiquite, essexite and theralite.
Jen_0000618	MAGMATIC STYLE: Central, sub-volcanic sövite intrusion of about 1 km2, numerous alvikite dykes and lapillistone layers (at two localities) 1-1.5 m thick. Lapilli generally from 0.5 to 15 mm but small bombs reach a few centimetres. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and tuffs include limburgite, nephelinite, phonolite and leucite tephrite; dykes and larger intrusive bodies include shonkinite, bergalite, phonolite, monchiquite, essexite and theralite.
Jen_0000619	MAGMATIC STYLE: Central, sub-volcanic sövite intrusion of about 1 km2, numerous alvikite dykes and lapillistone layers (at two localities) 1-1.5 m thick. Lapilli generally from 0.5 to 15 mm but small bombs reach a few centimetres. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and tuffs include limburgite, nephelinite, phonolite and leucite tephrite; dykes and larger intrusive bodies include shonkinite, bergalite, phonolite, monchiquite, essexite and theralite.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000616	16.4	16.4	16.4			1756	Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Kaiserstuhl	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000617	15.7	15.7	15.7	fission-track	apatite	1756	Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Kaiserstuhl	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000618	16	16	16	Rb-Sr		1756	Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Kaiserstuhl	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000619	18.5	16.3	17.4±1.1	Rb-Sr		1756	Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Kaiserstuhl	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060161	Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	https://rruff.info/R060161
R080141	Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	https://rruff.info/R080141

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