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Locality Name:
Wernerkrauseite-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: 291378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-291378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wernerkrauseite-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
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 C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Ti Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBruciteEttringiteGarnetHumiteHydrotalciteMayeniteMeliliteNoneNot in a structural group
PerovskitePost-spinelSpinelWöhlerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Cuspidine  (*)Ettringite  (*)Fluorellestadite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)
Jennite  (*)Katoite  (*)Kerimasite  (*)Lakargiite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)
Pavlovskyite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Portlandite  (*)Rankinite  (*)Reinhardbraunsite  (*)
Rusinovite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Wadalite  (*)Wernerkrauseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F43540.4067
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O3540.4093
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F3540.4033
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O73540.40114
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O3540.4030
Jennite  (*)NoneCa9(Si3O9)2(OH)6·8H2O3540.4018
Katoite  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(OH)123540.409
Kerimasite  (*)GarnetCa3Zr2(SiFe3+2)O123540.408
Lakargiite  (*)PerovskiteCaZrO33540.4010
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O43540.4098
Pavlovskyite  (*)NoneCa8(SiO4)2(Si3O10)3540.403
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO33540.40495
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)23540.4051
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O73540.4025
Reinhardbraunsite  (*)HumiteCa5(SiO4)2(OH)23540.409
Rusinovite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa10(Si2O7)3Cl23540.405
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O3540.40183
Wadalite  (*)MayeniteCa6Al5Si2O16Cl33540.4011
Wernerkrauseite  (*)Post-spinelCaFe3+2Mn4+O63540.401


2 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)   
Be-000080.40.40.4  high   YesAlmarudite, FriedrichbeckeiteBe1793Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Schminke (2007)10.1007/978-3-540-68046-8_8BOOK_MPMA_241 

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