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Locality Name:
Rauschermühle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterbach-Otterberg, Kaiserslautern District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 14826
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14826.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rauschermühle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterbach-Otterberg, Kaiserslautern District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°33'51"N
Longitude: 7°41'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.564166666667,7.6891666666667
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApophylliteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteGypsumNatrolite
NoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnitePumpellyite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Gypsum  (*)Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)35424808803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O35424801627
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)3542480498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35424808173
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O3542480303
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35424806890
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O354248015
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O35424801271
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O35424801236
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)3542480363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)235424801898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O3542480106


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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