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Locality Name:
Mayener 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: 204856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mayener Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hufnagel
Mayener Bellerberg

Latitude: 50°20'35"N
Longitude: 7°14'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.343055555556,7.2369444444444
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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeBaryteBrownmilleriteBruciteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayCristobaliteEttringite
FeldsparGypsumHydrotalciteMayeniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskite
PyroxeneQuartzScapoliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteThomsoniteTitaniteTobermorite
TridymiteZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brownmillerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlormayenite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Diopside  (*)Ettringite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Jasmundite  (*)
Larnite  (*)Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meionite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Nosean  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Portlandite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strätlingite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Vaterite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O3540.416149541
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)3540.401036
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3540.416149511547
Brownmillerite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+AlO53540.4021
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3540.4027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23540.4027198
Chlormayenite  (*)MayeniteCa12Al14O32[   4Cl2]3540.4019
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO23540.40453
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63540.404135
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O3540.416149593
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)3540.401188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3540.406890
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)3540.40158
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O3540.4030
Jasmundite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa11O2(SiO4)4S3540.406
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)3540.4048
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)3540.40233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43540.4014899
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)3540.4161495176
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)3540.40884
Nosean  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·H2O3540.4075
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO33540.40495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23540.402273
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)23540.4051
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83540.409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23540.4061156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3540.40598
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3540.4021482
Strätlingite  (*)NoneCa2Al(Si,Al)2O2(OH)10·2.25H2O3540.4011
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O3540.40183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O3540.40452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3540.404899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)3540.4161495114
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO23540.40458
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)3540.4037
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3540.405251


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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