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Locality Name:
Rother Kopf, Roth, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 13801
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13801.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rother Kopf, Roth, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°14'43"N
Longitude: 6°37'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.245277777778,6.6211111111111

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAnalcimeApatiteApophylliteBaryteBatisiteBerylCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChabazite
ClayCorundumCristobaliteEttringiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGismondineGünterblassiteHarmotome
LudwigiteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMeliliteMicaNatroliteNoneOlivinePerovskitePseudobrookite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSepioliteSodaliteSpinelThomsoniteTitaniteTopaz
Tridymite

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Åkermanite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Batiferrite  (*)Batisite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)
Chabazite-K  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Emmerichite  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Flörkeite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Fluorophlogopite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Fresnoite  (*)Gismondine  (*)
Götzenite  (*)Günterblassite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Kalsilite  (*)Leucite  (*)Lileyite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mullite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phillipsite-K  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Schüllerite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Sodalite  (*)
Thaumasite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Ulvöspinel  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vésigniéite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)Willhendersonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O7354248050
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O3542480470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)335424802353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)335424801534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O635424802060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Batiferrite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteBaTi2Fe3+8Fe2+2O1935424805
Batisite  (*)BatisiteNa2BaTi2O2(Si2O6)2354248011
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O3542480310
Chabazite-K  (*)Chabazite(K2NaCa0.5)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O354248030
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1835424801008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O335424801797
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO23542480453
Emmerichite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na3Fe3+(Si2O7)2O2F235424802
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O354248093
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)3542480371
Flörkeite  (*)None(K3Ca2Na)[Al8Si8O32]·12H2O35424806
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F35424802740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O3542480303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235424809617
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2354248047
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)35424801188
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)354248017
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O3542480128
Götzenite  (*)NoneCa4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2354248027
Günterblassite  (*)Günterblassite(K,Ca,Ba,Na,   )3Fe[(Si,Al)13O25(OH,O)4]·7H2O35424804
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)3542480158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248014640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O354248085
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO4354248049
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)3542480233
Lileyite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na2Fe2+Mg(Si2O7)2O2F235424804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354248014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248012537
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)354248078
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2354248017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O35424801236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)3542480884
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO33542480495
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O354248071
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)235424802273
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O53542480164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO235424805614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3542480598
Schüllerite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na2Mg2(Si2O7)2O2F235424805
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O3542480241
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl3542480444
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O3542480183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O3542480452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O35424804899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F235424801476
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO23542480458
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO43542480120
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl3542480605
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2354248046
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)354248062
Willhendersonite  (*)ChabaziteKCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O354248012



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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