Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vondechenite-bearing Xenolith, Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.4

mindat Locality ID: 274596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vondechenite-bearing Xenolith, Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, 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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Ettringite	Garnet	Gismondine	Hydrotalcite	Melilite
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Titanite	Tobermorite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite

Andradite ()*	Baghdadite ()*	Bredigite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cuspidine ()*	Diopside ()*	Ettringite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorellestadite ()*
Gehlenite ()*	Gismondine ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrocalumite ()*	Jennite ()*
Kerimasite ()*	Lakargiite ()*	Larnite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Rankinite ()*	Rondorfite ()*	Scottyite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tobermorite ()*	Vondechenite ()*	Willhendersonite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Corundum Ettringite Garnet Gismondine Hydrotalcite Melilite
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyroxene Spinel Titanite Tobermorite Wollastonite Wöhlerite

29 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	0.4	1534
Baghdadite ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₆Zr₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₄	354	0.4	8
Bredigite ()*	None	Ca₇Mg(SiO₄)₄	354	0.4	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	0.4	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	0.4	27198
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	354	0.4	67
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	354	0.4	4135
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	354	0.4	93
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	0.4	2740
Fluorellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5F	354	0.4	33
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	354	0.4	114
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	354	0.4	128
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	0.4	14640
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O	354	0.4	30
Jennite ()*	None	Ca₉(Si₃O₉)₂(OH)₆·8H₂O	354	0.4	18
Kerimasite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Zr₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	354	0.4	8
Lakargiite ()*	Perovskite	CaZrO₃	354	0.4	10
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	354	0.4	48
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	0.4	14899
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	354	0.4	495
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	354	0.4	25
Rondorfite ()*	None	Ca₈Mg(SiO₄)₄Cl₂	354	0.4	7
Scottyite ()*	Not in a structural group	BaCu₂Si₂O₇	354	0.4	5
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	354	0.4	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	0.4	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	354	0.4	114
Vondechenite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₄CaCl₂(OH)₈·4H₂O	354	0.4	1
Willhendersonite ()*	Chabazite	KCa(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂·5H₂O	354	0.4	12
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	354	0.4	1247

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
	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)
	Be-00008	0.4	0.4	0.4			high				Yes		Almarudite, Friedrichbeckeite	Be	1793	Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany		Schminke (2007)	10.1007/978-3-540-68046-8_8	BOOK_MPMA_241

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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