Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 25931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Fischbach
Göttschied
Idar
Klotzberg South Slope
Kronweiler
Schloßberg
Schönlautenbach
Schwarze Mühle
Setz Quarry
Steinkaulenberg (Galgenberg)
Tiefenstein
Vollmersbach Quarry

Latitude: 49°43'48"N
Longitude: 7°18'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.73,7.3122222222222

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Harmotome	Malachite
Marcasite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Digenite ()*
Goethite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scolecite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

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 Hg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Digenite Harmotome Malachite
Marcasite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rutile

23 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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61286	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	61271	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	2	61278,61290	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	354	248	1	61271	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1	61271	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	10	61271,61275,61278,61280,61281,61284,61285,61286,61287,61290	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	354	248	2	61271,61284	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	1	61271	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	354	248	1	61271	2600
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	354	248	1	61271	1027
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	2	61286,61287	7437
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	354	248	6	61275,61278,61281,61284,61285,61286	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	2	61286,61287	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	354	248	1	61284	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61271	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	2	61271,61287	5674
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	4	61271,61272,61282,61283	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	2	61271,61287	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	10	61271,61274,61275,61277,61278,61285,61286,61287,61289,61290	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	354	248	1	61285	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	354	248	1	61284	390
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	354	248	1	61271	73
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	354	248	1	61271	70

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
R070016	Idar-Oberstein, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	https://rruff.info/R070016

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