Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
E-2011, 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: 273335
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273335.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "E-2011, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°21'1"N
Longitude: 7°13'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.350277777778,7.2327777777778

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.

Baryte	Brownmillerite	Cubanite	Melilite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Spurrite-Afwillite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Alumoåkermanite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bredigite ()*	Brownmillerite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Larnite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Periclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Shulamitite ()*	Spinel ()*
Spurrite ()*	Srebrodolskite ()*	Ternesite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Ye'elimite ()*

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 Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brownmillerite Cubanite Melilite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Spurrite-Afwillite Wollastonite Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alumoåkermanite ()*	Melilite	(Ca,Na)₂(Al,Mg,Fe²⁺)(Si₂O₇)	354	0.4	7
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	0.4	11547
Bredigite ()*	None	Ca₇Mg(SiO₄)₄	354	0.4	13
Brownmillerite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺AlO₅	354	0.4	21
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	354	0.4	5707
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	354	0.4	802
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	354	0.4	114
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	354	0.4	191
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	354	0.4	48
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	354	0.4	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	0.4	14899
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	354	0.4	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	354	0.4	495
Shulamitite ()*	Perovskite Brownmillerite	Ca₃TiFe³⁺AlO₈	354	0.4	7
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	354	0.4	1934
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	354	0.4	54
Srebrodolskite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₂O₅	354	0.4	25
Ternesite ()*	None	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(SO₄)	354	0.4	8
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	354	0.4	1247
Ye'elimite ()*	None	Ca₄Al₆O₁₂(SO₄)	354	0.4	11

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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