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Locality Name:
Basalt Quarries, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 248

mindat Locality ID: 4502
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4502.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basalt Quarries, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°22'50"N
Longitude: 7°16'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.380555555556,7.2758333333333

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite
Ettringite	Feldspar	Garnet	Melilite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite
Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Graphite ()*
Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Vaterite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

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

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Corundum Cristobalite
Ettringite Feldspar Garnet Melilite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite
Spinel Titanite Tridymite Wollastonite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	354	248	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	354	248	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	248	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	354	248	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	354	248	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	248	453
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	354	248	93
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	2740
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	354	248	114
Graphite ()*	None	C	354	248	2812
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	354	248	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	354	248	407
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	248	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	354	248	1508
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	884
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	598
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	354	248	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	248	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	248	458
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	37
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	354	248	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	354	248	5251

1 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)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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