Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Morgenstern Mine, Oder Valley, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 138.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 133.1

mindat Locality ID: 255241
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255241.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morgenstern Mine, Oder Valley, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Devilline	Koritnigite	Ktenasite	Löllingite	Malachite	Minium	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Annabergite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltkoritnigite ()*	Galena ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Köttigite ()*	Langite ()*
Malachite ()*	Minium ()*	Olivenite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*	Quartz ()*
Safflorite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zincolivenite ()*

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 As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Chalcopyrite Devilline Koritnigite Ktenasite Löllingite Malachite Minium None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	138.3	133.1	445
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	138.3	133.1	919
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	138.3	133.1	27198
Cobaltkoritnigite ()*	Koritnigite	Co(AsO₃OH)·H₂O	138.3	133.1	32
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	138.3	133.1	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	138.3	133.1	1689
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	138.3	133.1	201
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	138.3	133.1	2228
Köttigite ()*	Vivianite	Zn₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	138.3	133.1	60
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	138.3	133.1	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	138.3	133.1	12537
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	138.3	133.1	247
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	138.3	133.1	492
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	138.3	133.1	64
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	138.3	133.1	61156
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	138.3	133.1	317
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	138.3	133.1	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	138.3	133.1	292
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	138.3	133.1	21482
Zincolivenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)	138.3	133.1	60

1 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
	Kristen002289	138.3	133.1	135.7±2.6	40Ar/39Ar			adularia			Yes				6009	Bergmannstrost Mine, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany	Bergmannstrost Vein	Mertz et al. (1989)	10.1007/BF00206715	MD24_9

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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