Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Katzenstein, Raidelbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 363
Youngest recorded age at locality: 330.8

mindat Locality ID: 206485
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206485.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Katzenstein, Raidelbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Point 18.0
Point 19.0
Point 20.0
Point 20.1
Point 21.0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Carminite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Lazulite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carminite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Duftite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hentschelite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Opal ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phosphogartrellite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Tenorite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vauquelinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe H K O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Carminite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Lazulite Lepidocrocite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

35 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	363	330.8	2	59371,59372	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	363	330.8	2	59371,59372	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	363	330.8	4	59369,59370,59371,59372	413
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	363	330.8	1	59371	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	363	330.8	1	59373	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	363	330.8	2	59369,59370	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	363	330.8	2	59371,59372	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	363	330.8	1	59369	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	363	330.8	3	59371,59372,59373	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	363	330.8	3	59369,59371,59372	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	363	330.8	1	59373	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	363	330.8	2	59371,59373	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	363	330.8	2	59369,59371	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	363	330.8	2	59371,59373	2970
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	363	330.8	1	59373	300
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	1	59371	220
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	363	330.8	2	59371,59372	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	363	330.8	5	59369,59370,59371,59372,59373	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	363	330.8	1	59373	14640
Hentschelite ()*	Lazulite	CuFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	363	330.8	1	59371	20
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	363	330.8	2	59369,59372	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	363	330.8	3	59371,59372,59373	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	363	330.8	1	59371	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	1	59371	362
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	363	330.8	1	59369	2994
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	363	330.8	0		428
Phosphogartrellite ()*	None	PbCuFe³⁺(PO₄)₂(OH,H₂O)₂	363	330.8	1	59371	4
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	363	330.8	1	59371	369
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	363	330.8	2	59371,59372	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	363	330.8	5	59369,59370,59371,59372,59373	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	363	330.8	2	59371,59373	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	363	330.8	1	59373	1101
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	363	330.8	1	59371	605
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	1	59371	63
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	363	330.8	1	59371	1655

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000964	The Odenwald Granitoid Complex is a Variscan I-type granitoid that formed during subduction of the Rheic ocean and the collission of Avalonia and Armorica about 365 and 330 m.y.a.
Giersdorf_00000984	The Böllstein Odenwald is a unit found as part of the Odenwald Granodiorite Complex and is a garnet-bearing orthogneiss

2 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
	Giersdorf_00000964	334	330.8	332.4±1.6	U-Pb						Yes				1850	Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Odenwald Granitoid Complex	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	U-Pb Zircon age for the Odenwald Granitoid
	Giersdorf_00000984	363	351	357±6	Lu-Hf	Age is part of the Part I of the Variscan Orogenic Event					Yes				1850	Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Böllstein Odenwald	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	Age is indicative of a high-pressure facies event in the footwall of the unit

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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