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Locality Name:
Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 1796
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1796.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°8'56"N
Longitude: 6°48'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.148888888889,6.8066666666667

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Baryte	Beryl	Brownmillerite	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite
Chabazite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Ettringite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gillespite	Humite
Hydrotalcite	Mayenite	Melilite	Mica	Milarite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Post-spinel
Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Sapphirine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Titanite	Tobermorite
Topaz	Tridymite	Volborthite	Wagnerite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

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 S Si Ti V Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Baryte Beryl Brownmillerite Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite
Chabazite Clay Corundum Cristobalite Ettringite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gillespite Humite
Hydrotalcite Mayenite Melilite Mica Milarite None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Post-spinel
Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Rutile Sapphirine Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Titanite Tobermorite
Topaz Tridymite Volborthite Wagnerite Wollastonite Wöhlerite Zircon

74 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Afwillite ()*	Alumoåkermanite ()*	Andradite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bredigite ()*	Brownmillerite ()*	Calcio-olivine ()*	Calcite ()*
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chlormayenite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuprorivaite ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Diopside ()*
Dorrite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Fluoro-richterite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Grossular ()*
Harmunite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Hillebrandite ()*	Hydrocalumite ()*
Jeremejevite ()*	Kerimasite ()*	Lakargiite ()*	Larnite ()*	Leucite ()*
Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mullite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Opal ()*	Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Portlandite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Reinhardbraunsite ()*	Rhönite ()*
Roedderite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sellaite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Strätlingite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tobermorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tridymite ()*	Vaterite ()*	Vésigniéite ()*
Volborthite ()*	Wagnerite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	354	248	286
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O	354	248	41
Alumoåkermanite ()*	Melilite	(Ca,Na)₂(Al,Mg,Fe²⁺)(Si₂O₇)	354	248	7
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	248	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	11547
Bredigite ()*	None	Ca₇Mg(SiO₄)₄	354	248	13
Brownmillerite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺AlO₅	354	248	21
Calcio-olivine ()*	Olivine	Ca₂(SiO₄)	354	248	8
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	354	248	310
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	354	248	5707
Chlormayenite ()*	Mayenite	Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₂[ ₄Cl₂]	354	248	19
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	354	248	236
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	354	248	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	354	248	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	248	453
Cuprorivaite ()*	Gillespite	CaCuSi₄O₁₀	354	248	8
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	354	248	67
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	354	248	4135
Dorrite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₃Fe³⁺₉]O₄[Si₃Al₈Fe³⁺O₃₆]	354	248	10
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	354	248	944
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	354	248	93
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	354	248	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	354	248	9617
Fluoro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂F₂	354	248	24
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	354	248	1188
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	354	248	114
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	1544
Harmunite ()*	Post-spinel	CaFe₂O₄	354	248	4
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	354	248	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	14640
Hillebrandite ()*	None	Ca₂SiO₃(OH)₂	354	248	17
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O	354	248	30
Jeremejevite ()*	None	Al₆(BO₃)₅F₃	354	248	15
Kerimasite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Zr₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	354	248	8
Lakargiite ()*	Perovskite	CaZrO₃	354	248	10
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	354	248	48
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	248	233
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	14899
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	354	248	223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	354	248	1508
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	354	248	78
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	354	248	75
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	354	248	2994
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	354	248	42
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	354	248	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	354	248	2273
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂	354	248	51
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	354	248	164
Reinhardbraunsite ()*	Humite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	354	248	9
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	354	248	47
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	354	248	30
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	354	248	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	598
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	354	248	46
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	354	248	1516
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	354	248	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	354	248	1934
Strätlingite ()*	None	Ca₂Al(Si,Al)₂O₂(OH)₁₀·2.25H₂O	354	248	11
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	354	248	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	248	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	354	248	114
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	354	248	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	248	458
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	37
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	354	248	46
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	354	248	155
Wagnerite ()*	Wagnerite	Mg₂(PO₄)F	354	248	61
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	354	248	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	354	248	5251

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
R140974	Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	https://rruff.info/R140974
R141093	Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	https://rruff.info/R141093

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