Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ettringer Feld, Southern Lava Flow, 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: 204853
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204853.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ettringer Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°20'45"N
Longitude: 7°13'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.345833333333,7.2230555555556

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.

Brownmillerite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Cristobalite	Ettringite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mayenite	Melilite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scapolite	Sodalite
Spinel	Tridymite	Wollastonite

Anorthite ()*	Brownmillerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlormayenite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Diopside ()*	Ettringite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Grossular ()*
Haüyne ()*	Jasmundite ()*	Meionite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Tridymite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brownmillerite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Cristobalite Ettringite Feldspar Garnet Mayenite Melilite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Scapolite Sodalite
Spinel Tridymite Wollastonite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	354	0.4	1036
Brownmillerite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺AlO₅	354	0.4	21
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	0.4	27770
Chlormayenite ()*	Mayenite	Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₂[ ₄Cl₂]	354	0.4	19
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	0.4	453
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	354	0.4	4135
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	354	0.4	93
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	354	0.4	1188
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	354	0.4	114
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	354	0.4	1544
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	354	0.4	158
Jasmundite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₁₁O₂(SiO₄)₄S	354	0.4	6
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	354	0.4	176
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	354	0.4	2273
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	354	0.4	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	0.4	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	354	0.4	1934
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	0.4	458
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
R130105	Ettringer Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	https://rruff.info/R130105

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...