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Locality Name:
Wassenach, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 132251
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132251.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wassenach, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kunkskopf
Lydiaturm Quarry
Pumice Quarries
Veitskopf

Latitude: 50°25'56"N
Longitude: 7°16'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.432222222222,7.2727777777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeCancrinite-sodaliteClayCorundumFeldsparGarnetMeliliteMicaNoneOlivine
PseudobrookitePyroxeneSapphirineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinelTitaniteTridymite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dorrite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nosean  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pseudobrookite  (*)Rhönite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Saponite  (*)Sodalite  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33542481610281534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6354248361028,61029,610312060
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O354248161028178
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481610289895
Dorrite  (*)SapphirineCa4[Mg3Fe3+9]O4[Si3Al8Fe3+O36]35424816102810
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)3542481610281188
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7354248161030114
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)354248161028158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816102814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33542481610295433
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)354248161028233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354248361028,61030,6103114899
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)354248261028,61031884
Nosean  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·H2O354248261028,6103075
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23542481610292273
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5354248161028164
Rhönite  (*)SapphirineCa4[Mg8Fe3+2Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]354248261028,6103147
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)354248461028,61029,61030,61031598
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O354248161028301
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl354248161028444
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3542481610304899



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00059354248 ?-?    YesCinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, EglestoniteHg14243Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)   


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