Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Hochsimmer Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 132250
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132250.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hochsimmer Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hochsimmer Quarries
In Der Ahl Quarry

Latitude: 50°21'51"N
Longitude: 7°11'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.364166666667,7.1994444444444

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	Apatite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	None	Olivine	Pseudobrookite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite

Aegirine-augite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sodalite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tridymite ()*

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 Cl F Fe K Mg Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar None Olivine Pseudobrookite
Pyroxene Quartz Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	354	248	1	61502	286
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	248	2	61501,61502	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61502	27770
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61502	453
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	354	248	1	61502	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	1	61502	2740
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	354	248	1	61501	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	2	61501,61502	14640
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	248	1	61502	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	1	61502	14899
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	354	248	1	61501	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	1	61502	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	2	61501,61502	598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	354	248	1	61502	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	248	1	61502	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61502	458

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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