Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Borstein, Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 31903
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31903.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Borstein, Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Point 3.0
Point 4.0
Point 5.0
Point 6.0
Point 6.1
Point 7.0
Point 8.0
Point 9.0
Point 9.1

Latitude: 49°42'51"N
Longitude: 8°40'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.714166666667,8.6772222222222

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bismutite	Brackebuschite	Carminite
Chenevixite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Fornacite	Gypsum	Malachite	Medenbachite
Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Beudantite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*
Clinobisvanite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Duftite ()*	Dussertite ()*	Galena ()*	Gartrellite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Heyite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Medenbachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mixite ()*
Molybdofornacite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Opal ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Preisingerite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pucherite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reichenbachite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tsumebite ()*	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 I K Mn Mo O P Pb S Si V Y

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bismutite Brackebuschite Carminite
Chenevixite Copper Coronadite Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Fornacite Gypsum Malachite Medenbachite
Mixite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Wurtzite

44 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	363	330.8	1	59382	966
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	363	330.8	1	59382	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	363	330.8	4	59376,59378,59382,59383	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	363	330.8	6	59376,59377,59378,59380,59382,59383	172
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	363	330.8	2	59378,59382	413
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	363	330.8	1	59378	716
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	363	330.8	1	59382	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	363	330.8	2	59378,59383	4979
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	363	330.8	1	59382	90
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	363	330.8	1	59382	70
Clinobisvanite ()*	None	Bi(VO₄)	363	330.8	2	59378,59382	36
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	1	59376	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	363	330.8	2	59378,59382	3846
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	363	330.8	3	59378,59379,59380	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	363	330.8	2	59377,59378	2970
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	3	59376,59378,59382	220
Dussertite ()*	Alunite	BaFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	363	330.8	0		33
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	363	330.8	1	59383	24243
Gartrellite ()*	None	PbCuFe³⁺(AsO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O	363	330.8	2	59378,59382	41
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	363	330.8	2	59377,59378	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	363	330.8	1	59378	14640
Heyite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₅Fe²⁺₂O₄(VO₄)₂	363	330.8	3	59378,59382,59383	10
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	363	330.8	1	59376	82
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	363	330.8	1	59376	367
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI	363	330.8	2	59378,59381	180
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	1	59376	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	363	330.8	6	59376,59377,59378,59382,59383,59384	12537
Medenbachite ()*	Medenbachite	Bi₂Fe³⁺Cu²⁺(AsO₄)₂O(OH)₃	363	330.8	1	59382	5
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	363	330.8	1	59378	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	363	330.8	4	59377,59378,59380,59382	168
Molybdofornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(MoO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	1	59378	17
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	4	59376,59377,59378,59382	362
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	363	330.8	1	59380	2994
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	363	330.8	2	59376,59378	170
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)	363	330.8	1	59382	53
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	363	330.8	3	59377,59378,59382	369
Pucherite ()*	Scheelite	Bi(VO₄)	363	330.8	1	59382	53
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	363	330.8	5	59378,59379,59381,59382,59383	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	363	330.8	9	59376,59377,59378,59379,59380,59381,59382,59383,59384	61156
Reichenbachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	363	330.8	5	59376,59377,59378,59380,59382	26
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	363	330.8	1	59378	1101
Tsumebite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Cu(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	1	59382	32
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	2	59376,59378	63
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	363	330.8	1	59378	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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