Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 18.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15.7

mindat Locality ID: 1833
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1833.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°8'56"N
Longitude: 7°36'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.148888888889,7.6027777777778

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Harmotome	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Faujasite-Ca ()*	Faujasite-Mg ()*	Faujasite-Na ()*	Fayalite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Offretite ()*	Opal ()*	Phillipsite-K ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Calcite Clay Diaspore Harmotome None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	18.5	15.7	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	18.5	15.7	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	18.5	15.7	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	18.5	15.7	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	18.5	15.7	9895
Faujasite-Ca ()*	None	(Ca,Na,Mg)₂(Si,Al)₁₂O₂₄·15H₂O	18.5	15.7	12
Faujasite-Mg ()*	None	(Mg,Na,K,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₁₂O₂₄·15H₂O	18.5	15.7	1
Faujasite-Na ()*	None	(Na,Ca,Mg)₂(Si,Al)₁₂O₂₄·15H₂O	18.5	15.7	10
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	18.5	15.7	371
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	18.5	15.7	7437
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	18.5	15.7	407
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	18.5	15.7	341
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	18.5	15.7	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	18.5	15.7	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	18.5	15.7	1508
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	18.5	15.7	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	18.5	15.7	2994
Phillipsite-K ()*	Harmotome	K₆(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	18.5	15.7	71
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	18.5	15.7	433

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000616	MAGMATIC STYLE: Central, sub-volcanic sövite intrusion of about 1 km2, numerous alvikite dykes and lapillistone layers (at two localities) 1-1.5 m thick. Lapilli generally from 0.5 to 15 mm but small bombs reach a few centimetres. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and tuffs include limburgite, nephelinite, phonolite and leucite tephrite; dykes and larger intrusive bodies include shonkinite, bergalite, phonolite, monchiquite, essexite and theralite.
Jen_0000617	MAGMATIC STYLE: Central, sub-volcanic sövite intrusion of about 1 km2, numerous alvikite dykes and lapillistone layers (at two localities) 1-1.5 m thick. Lapilli generally from 0.5 to 15 mm but small bombs reach a few centimetres. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and tuffs include limburgite, nephelinite, phonolite and leucite tephrite; dykes and larger intrusive bodies include shonkinite, bergalite, phonolite, monchiquite, essexite and theralite.
Jen_0000618	MAGMATIC STYLE: Central, sub-volcanic sövite intrusion of about 1 km2, numerous alvikite dykes and lapillistone layers (at two localities) 1-1.5 m thick. Lapilli generally from 0.5 to 15 mm but small bombs reach a few centimetres. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and tuffs include limburgite, nephelinite, phonolite and leucite tephrite; dykes and larger intrusive bodies include shonkinite, bergalite, phonolite, monchiquite, essexite and theralite.
Jen_0000619	MAGMATIC STYLE: Central, sub-volcanic sövite intrusion of about 1 km2, numerous alvikite dykes and lapillistone layers (at two localities) 1-1.5 m thick. Lapilli generally from 0.5 to 15 mm but small bombs reach a few centimetres. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Lavas and tuffs include limburgite, nephelinite, phonolite and leucite tephrite; dykes and larger intrusive bodies include shonkinite, bergalite, phonolite, monchiquite, essexite and theralite.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000616	16.4	16.4	16.4			Yes	1756	Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Kaiserstuhl	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000617	15.7	15.7	15.7	fission-track	apatite	Yes	1756	Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Kaiserstuhl	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000618	16	16	16	Rb-Sr		Yes	1756	Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Kaiserstuhl	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000619	18.5	16.3	17.4±1.1	Rb-Sr		Yes	1756	Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Kaiserstuhl	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R080141	Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	https://rruff.info/R080141

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...