Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 1839
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1839.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosenberg Mine, Braubach, Bad Ems, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°16'42"N
Longitude: 7°38'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.278333333333,7.6472222222222

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Fairchildite
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Stibnite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalconatronite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dypingite ()*	Fairchildite ()*	Galena ()*
Hydrocerussite ()*	Litharge ()*	Malachite ()*	Nyerereite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spertiniite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Zincite ()*

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: As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Fairchildite
Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Stibnite Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	354	248	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	354	248	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	354	248	919
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	354	248	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354	248	4979
Chalconatronite ()*	None	Na₂Cu(CO₃)₂·3H₂O	354	248	23
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	2970
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	354	248	50
Fairchildite ()*	Fairchildite	K₂Ca(CO₃)₂	354	248	10
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	24243
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	201
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	354	248	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	12537
Nyerereite ()*	Fairchildite	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂	354	248	18
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	354	248	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	354	248	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	61156
Spertiniite ()*	None	Cu(OH)₂	354	248	17
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	354	248	3418
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	354	248	98

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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