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Locality Name:
Kunkskopf, Wassenach, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 248

mindat Locality ID: 35697
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35697.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kunkskopf, Wassenach, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°26'44"N
Longitude: 7°16'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.445555555556,7.2794444444444

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.

Analcime	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Olivine	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene
Sapphirine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Tridymite

Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Birnessite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dorrite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Rhönite ()*	Sanidine ()*
Saponite ()*	Sodalite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet None Olivine Pseudobrookite Pyroxene
Sapphirine Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Tridymite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	248	2060
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	354	248	178
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	9895
Dorrite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₃Fe³⁺₉]O₄[Si₃Al₈Fe³⁺O₃₆]	354	248	10
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	354	248	1188
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	354	248	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	14640
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	248	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	354	248	75
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	354	248	164
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	354	248	47
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	354	248	301
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	354	248	444

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
	Hg-00059	354	248		?-?						Yes		Cinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, Eglestonite	Hg	14243	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany		Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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