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Locality Name:
Hannebacher Ley (Hannebacher Lay), Hannebach, Niederzissen, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 1861
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1861.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hannebacher Ley (Hannebacher Lay), Hannebach, Niederzissen, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°26'53"N
Longitude: 7°8'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.448055555556,7.1391666666667
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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChabaziteClayCristobaliteEttringite
FeldsparFluoriteGypsumNickelineNoneOlivineOxalatePerovskitePyroxeneQuartz
Smectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinelTridymite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hannebachite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Leucite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Orschallite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Saponite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Whewellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35424803250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O635424802060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)35424801252
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O3542480310
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO23542480453
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)3542480371
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6354248084
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F35424802740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235424809617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35424806890
Hannebachite  (*)NoneCa(SO3)·0.5H2O354248012
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)3542480158
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)3542480233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354248014899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O35424801508
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)3542480884
Orschallite  (*)NoneCa3(S4+O3)2(SO4)·12H2O35424804
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO33542480495
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S835424809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248061156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3542480598
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O3542480301
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O3542480183
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO23542480458
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O354248066


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)   

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060572Hannebacher Ley (Hannebacher Lay), Hannebach, Niederzissen, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R060572

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