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Locality Name:
Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 14704
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14704.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Asbach
Bad Marienberg
Hundsangen
Linz Am Rhein
Niederroßbach
Oberroßbach
Westerburg
Wied Iron Spar District

Latitude: 50°35'38"N
Longitude: 7°42'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.593888888889,7.7138888888889
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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArseniosiderite
AtacamiteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChabaziteChalcophylliteChalcopyrite
CheniteClayConnelliteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDufréniteDundasite
FeldsparGypsumHarmotomeKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMelanteriteMicaMilleriteMixite
NatrochalciteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePharmacosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRockbridgeite
RocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetrahedriteThomsoniteTurquoiseVivianite
WavelliteWollastonite

110 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Chenite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Elyite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Faustite  (*)Ferrobustamite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Goudeyite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kidwellite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Offretite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Paulingite-K  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Redgillite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rosickýite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Scolecite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tsumcorite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3542481618082793
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O3542481617761627
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)354248261795,618082734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4354248261795,61809246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)354248561780,61790,61802,61808,618093250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3354248261808,61809544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6354248161808919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2354248661788,61795,61808,61809,61812,618145509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248261808,6181211547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2354248161795172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6354248161795132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6354248261795,61808413
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)354248161808716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43542481618085516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6354248361795,61808,618091633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3542481261776,61779,61781,61785,61790,61796,61802,61808,61809,61812,61815,6181727770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6354248161808359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2354248161795178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)354248361795,61808,618124979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O354248161817310
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S354248261795,618085707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O354248161808194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248961788,61795,61806,61807,61808,61810,61812,61814,6181527198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O35424816179577
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)635424816180840
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3542481617953531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O354248261808,61809295
Copper  (*)CopperCu354248461795,61808,61809,618143846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6354248261795,61808151
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O33542481618021797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS354248361795,61808,618144165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O354248561795,61808,61809,61812,618142970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161808366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2354248261780,618089895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O354248161808139
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)354248261795,61808220
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O35424816180897
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O35424816180985
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6354248161785944
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O354248361788,61795,61808814
Faustite  (*)TurquoiseZnAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O35424816180824
Ferrobustamite  (*)WollastoniteCaFe2+Si2O635424816180922
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)3542481617921188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS354248961788,61795,61806,61807,61808,61810,61812,61814,6181524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)354248461780,61781,61795,618087437
Goudeyite  (*)MixiteCu6Al(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O35424816180819
Graphite  (*)NoneC3542481618022812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O354248261808,618096890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O354248161779290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248261795,6180814640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4354248161785407
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)635424816180882
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2354248161808201
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH354248161808367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6354248261795,618081066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542481618082228
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)35424816178353
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)35424816180997
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O354248361795,61808,61809593
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)354248161808234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2354248361795,61808,61812987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO354248161809139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248761788,61795,61800,61808,61809,61812,6181412537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)354248161780770
Massicot  (*)NonePbO354248161809202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O354248161808915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3542481618121066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3542481617951107
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O354248161808129
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3542481617961508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)235424816180817380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O35424816180858
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O354248661776,61779,61785,61790,61796,618171236
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O354248161785471
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O354248261785,61796146
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)354248261795,61808492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3542481618082994
Paulingite-K  (*)None(K,Ca,Na,Ba,   )10(Si,Al)42O84·34H2O3542481617967
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O354248261795,61808428
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6354248161795170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6354248161808477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O354248261808,61809309
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4354248661795,61800,61801,61803,61804,61808369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33542481618121425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248561785,61788,61795,61808,6181239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23542481617803106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl354248261795,618081725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248761780,61788,61795,61800,61803,61808,6181261156
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O35424816180945
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)354248361780,61808,618091711
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5354248161808206
Rosickýite  (*)NoneS35424816180822
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)354248161785598
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O354248261808,61809142
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O354248161779390
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248361795,61808,61809292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)354248661783,61788,61795,61808,61812,618216417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3542481618085186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3542481618082473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS354248761788,61795,61806,61807,61808,61810,6181221482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3542481618082045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)235424816180899
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13354248361795,61808,618141803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO354248261795,618081101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13354248261812,618155317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O354248161817452
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O35424816179529
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O354248261808,61809636
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O354248161783374
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O35424816180995


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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