Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eiterköpfe, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 13807
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13807.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eiterköpfe, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°22'5"N
Longitude: 7°23'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.368055555556,7.3863888888889

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	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Olivine	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Sapphirine
Scapolite	Sodalite	Titanite	Tridymite

Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*
Leucite ()*	Meionite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*
Rhönite ()*	Sanidine ()*	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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum Feldspar None Olivine Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Sapphirine
Scapolite Sodalite Titanite Tridymite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	248	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	27770
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	354	248	1188
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	354	248	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	14640
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	248	233
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	354	248	176
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	354	248	75
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	354	248	164
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	354	248	47
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	598
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	248	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	248	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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