Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Arensberg, Zilsdorf, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 5931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arensberg, Zilsdorf, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°17'21"N
Longitude: 6°43'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.289166666667,6.7319444444444

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	Aragonite	Artinite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Ettringite
Gyrolite	Hydrotalcite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Thomsonite	Tobermorite

Analcime ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Artinite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Offretite ()*	Periclase ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Tacharanite ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Vaterite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Aragonite Artinite Baryte Brucite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay Ettringite
Gyrolite Hydrotalcite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Thomsonite Tobermorite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	354	248	1627
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	354	248	75
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	11547
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	354	248	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	354	248	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	9895
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	354	248	167
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	354	248	142
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	354	248	341
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	354	248	87
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	359
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	354	248	425
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	354	248	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	354	248	1236
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	354	248	146
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	354	248	114
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	39462
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	354	248	390
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	354	248	47
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	354	248	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	354	248	452
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	354	248	114
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	37

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
R060809	Arensberg, Zilsdorf, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	https://rruff.info/R060809

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