Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Roßberg Quarry, Roßdorf, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32011
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32011.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roßberg Quarry, Roßdorf, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°51'8"N
Longitude: 8°46'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.852222222222,8.7719444444444

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Gismondine	Harmotome	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Talc	Thomsonite
Tobermorite	Tridymite

Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Gismondine ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Haüyne ()*	Magnetite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Offretite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Talc ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Tridymite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Gismondine Harmotome Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Talc Thomsonite
Tobermorite Tridymite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	363	330.8	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	363	330.8	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	363	330.8	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	363	330.8	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	363	330.8	27770
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	363	330.8	128
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	363	330.8	167
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	363	330.8	290
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	363	330.8	158
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	363	330.8	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	363	330.8	425
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	363	330.8	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	363	330.8	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	363	330.8	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	363	330.8	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	363	330.8	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	363	330.8	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	363	330.8	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	363	330.8	390
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	363	330.8	3337
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	363	330.8	452
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	363	330.8	114
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	363	330.8	458

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

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