Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Michels Quarry, Hochstein (Hohestein; Forstberg), Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 13790
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13790.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Michels Quarry, Hochstein (Hohestein; Forstberg), Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°22'44"N
Longitude: 7°13'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.378888888889,7.2216666666667

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Perovskite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sodalite ()*
Titanite ()*

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Aragonite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum Feldspar Malachite None Not in a structural group
Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	0.4	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	0.4	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	0.4	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	0.4	27770
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	0.4	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	354	0.4	1188
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	354	0.4	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	0.4	14640
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	0.4	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	0.4	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	0.4	12537
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	0.4	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	354	0.4	495
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	0.4	598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	354	0.4	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	0.4	4899

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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