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Locality Name:
Feuerberg, Hinterweiler, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 106256
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106256.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Feuerberg, Hinterweiler, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°14'44"N
Longitude: 6°44'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.245555555556,6.7369444444444

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti V 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteBixbyiteBrownmilleriteCalciteChabaziteCorundumDescloizite
EttringiteFluoriteGarnetGismondineGypsumGünterblassiteHydrotalciteMalachiteNatroliteNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteTridymite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bixbyite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Cuprite  (*)Ettringite  (*)
Flörkeite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Günterblassite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)Kruijenite  (*)
Leucite  (*)Lileyite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Opal  (*)Perovskite  (*)Sharyginite  (*)
Willhendersonite  (*)
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]·2H2O354248041
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)335424801534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35424803250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O635424802060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O33542480104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O3542480310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O35424802970
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O354248093
Flörkeite  (*)None(K3Ca2Na)[Al8Si8O32]·12H2O35424806
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235424809617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)35424801188
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O3542480128
Günterblassite  (*)Günterblassite(K,Ca,Ba,Na,   )3Fe[(Si,Al)13O25(OH,O)4]·7H2O35424804
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35424806890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248014640
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O354248030
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO4354248049
Kruijenite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa4Al4(SO4)F2(OH)16·2H2O35424801
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)3542480233
Lileyite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na2Fe2+Mg(Si2O7)2O2F235424804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354248014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)3542480362
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O35424801236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)3542480884
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O35424802994
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO33542480495
Sharyginite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa3TiFe2O835424807
Willhendersonite  (*)ChabaziteKCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O354248012



1 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)   


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