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Locality Name:
Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID:
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Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Southern Lava Flow

Latitude: 50°19'59"N
Longitude: 7°14'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.333055555556,7.2483333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrownmilleriteChabaziteEttringiteFeldsparHydrotalciteMayeniteMeliliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePerovskiteRocksaltSpurrite-AfwilliteThomsoniteTridymiteWollastonite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Åkermanite  (*)Bellbergite  (*)Brownmillerite  (*)Calcio-olivine  (*)Chlormayenite  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Flörkeite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Jasmundite  (*)
Kalsilite  (*)Kuzelite  (*)Lakargiite  (*)Larnite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Periclase  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Spurrite  (*)Srebrodolskite  (*)
Thaumasite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Vapnikite  (*)Vertumnite  (*)Willhendersonite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Ye'elimite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O735424816147950
Bellbergite  (*)None(K,Ba,Sr)2Sr2Ca2(Ca,Na)4(Si,Al)36O72·30H2O3542481614793
Brownmillerite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+AlO535424816147921
Calcio-olivine  (*)OlivineCa2(SiO4)3542481614798
Chlormayenite  (*)MayeniteCa12Al14O32[   4Cl2]35424816147919
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O35424816147993
Flörkeite  (*)None(K3Ca2Na)[Al8Si8O32]·12H2O3542481614796
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7354248161479114
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O354248161479341
Jasmundite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa11O2(SiO4)4S3542481614796
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO435424816147949
Kuzelite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(SO4)·6H2O3542481614794
Lakargiite  (*)PerovskiteCaZrO335424816147910
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)35424816147948
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)354248161479884
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO354248161479114
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83542481614799056
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)354248161479598
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)35424816147954
Srebrodolskite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+2O535424816147925
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O354248161479183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O354248161479452
Vapnikite  (*)PerovskiteCa2CaUO63542481614793
Vertumnite  (*)NoneCa4Al4Si4O6(OH)24·3H2O3542481614798
Willhendersonite  (*)ChabaziteKCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O35424816147912
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33542481614791247
Ye'elimite  (*)NoneCa4Al6O12(SO4)35424816147911


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00059354248 ?-?    YesCinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, EglestoniteHg14243Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)   

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R140338Kakanda Deposit, Kambove District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R140338
R060317Shangulowé Mine, Kambove District, Lualaba, DR Congohttps://rruff.info/R060317
R141068Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141068
R141068Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141068
R141068Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141068
R060313Eifel Mountains, Germany/Belgiumhttps://rruff.info/R060313
R070686Fichtel Mountains, Germany/Czech Republichttps://rruff.info/R070686
R070560Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070560
R070078Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070078
R130097Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R130097
R070560Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070560
R070078Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070078
R130097Mt Cavalluccio, Sacrofano Caldera, Campagnano, Metropolitan City Of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R130097
R070247Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R070247
R070247Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R070247
R070247Huaron Mining District, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peruhttps://rruff.info/R070247
R070109Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070109
FKM-149Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-149
FKM-215Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-215
R070132Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070132
R070116Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070116
R060477Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii Area, Permskaya Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R060477
R070135Bikkulovskoe Deposit, Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R070135
R050216Monument Valley, Arizona/Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050216

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