Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.317

mindat Locality ID: 105701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°15'12"N
Longitude: 6°40'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.253333333333,6.6808333333333

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite
Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scapolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite
Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*
Andradite ()*	Annite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Ferro-katophorite ()*
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meionite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nosean ()*	Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pigeonite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*
Schorlomite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vishnevite ()*
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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite
Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scapolite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Staurolite Titanite
Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	0.661	0.317	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0.661	0.317	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0.661	0.317	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0.661	0.317	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0.661	0.317	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0.661	0.317	1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0.661	0.317	356
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0.661	0.317	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0.661	0.317	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0.661	0.317	1025
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	0.661	0.317	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0.661	0.317	1797
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	0.661	0.317	231
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0.661	0.317	944
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0.661	0.317	38
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0.661	0.317	54
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0.661	0.317	2740
Graphite ()*	None	C	0.661	0.317	2812
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	0.661	0.317	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0.661	0.317	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0.661	0.317	2228
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	0.661	0.317	179
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0.661	0.317	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	0.661	0.317	176
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0.661	0.317	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0.661	0.317	17380
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	0.661	0.317	75
Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Pyrochlore	Ca₂Nb₂O₆O	0.661	0.317	11
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	0.661	0.317	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0.661	0.317	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	0.661	0.317	303
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.661	0.317	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0.661	0.317	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0.661	0.317	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0.661	0.317	598
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	0.661	0.317	54
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0.661	0.317	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0.661	0.317	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0.661	0.317	4899
Vishnevite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Cancrinite	Na₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.661	0.317	21
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0.661	0.317	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000566	MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.
Jen_0000567	MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.
Jen_0000568	MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	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
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)
Jen_0000566	0.5	0.5	0.5	K-Ar				105701	Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Auf Dickel	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000567	0.397	0.317	0.357±0.04	K-Ar				105701	Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Auf Dickel	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000568	0.661	0.601	0.631±0.03	K-Ar				105701	Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Auf Dickel	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

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