Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Schierke, Wernigerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 289

mindat Locality ID: 130546
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130546.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schierke, Wernigerode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Knaupsholz Quarry
Quarry At The Stern
Wormke Bend

Latitude: 51°46'13"N
Longitude: 10°41'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.770277777778,10.696666666667

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	None	Prehnite	Quartz

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 O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet None Prehnite Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Grossular ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	296	289	1	63397	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	296	289	1	63397	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	2	63395,63397	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	296	289	1	63397	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	296	289	2	63395,63397	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	296	289	1	63395	9617
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	296	289	1	63397	1544
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	296	289	1	63395	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	296	289	1	63397	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	296	289	3	63395,63396,63397	61156
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	296	289	1	63397	2562

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-00077	296	289		U-Pb, K-Ar, Rb-Sr						Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, Tischendorfite	Hg	22226	Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany		Möller et al. (1984); Baumann et al. (1991)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...