Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Burgkopf, Hoffeld, Adenau, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 106599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burgkopf, Hoffeld, Adenau, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°22'5"N
Longitude: 6°48'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.368055555556,6.8116666666667

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.

Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Smectite-vermiculite	Tobermorite

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 Fe H Mg Na O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chabazite Clay Natrolite None Pyrite Smectite-vermiculite Tobermorite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Tacharanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	354	248	310
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
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	39462
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	354	248	47
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	354	248	114

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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