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Locality Name:
Glees, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 191515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glees, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dachsbusch
Gleeser Felder
Hüttenberg

Latitude: 50°25'36"N
Longitude: 7°14'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.426666666667,7.2369444444444
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 C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAlumohydrocalciteAluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBerylCalcite
CancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetGypsumHarmotomeLepidocrociteMicaMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileScapoliteSodaliteSpinelStauroliteTitanite
TridymiteWöhleriteZircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)
Analcime  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Davyne  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferrosilite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Huttonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Låvenite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meionite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nosean  (*)Para-alumohydrocalcite  (*)
Pargasite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phillipsite-K  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Staurolite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23542481610223419
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6354248161021286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3542481610228803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)354248161021706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3354248261021,610222353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O3542481610221627
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5354248361020,61021,610221310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3354248261021,610221534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)3542481610221036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542481610223250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6354248261021,610222060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248261021,6102227770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O354248261021,61022232
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2354248161022376
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18354248261021,610221008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3354248261021,610221797
Davyne  (*)Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite[(Na,K)6(SO4)0.5Cl][Ca2Cl2][(Si6Al6O24)]35424816102117
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6354248261021,610224135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6354248161021944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)354248261021,610228173
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O635424816102184
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F354248261021,610222740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23542481610229617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)354248361020,61021,610221188
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481610227437
Graphite  (*)NoneC3542481610222812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)33542481610211544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542481610226890
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)354248261021,61022158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248261020,6102214640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4354248261021,61022407
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)35424816102137
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542481610222228
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO43542481610221507
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)435424816102258
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)354248161022581
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)354248161021233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354248261021,6102214899
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)354248261021,61022176
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)354248161022945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2354248261021,6102217380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6354248161022254
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)354248261020,61021884
Nosean  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·H2O354248261021,6102275
Para-alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·6H2O3542481610226
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2354248161022313
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3354248161022495
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O35424816102271
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23542481610212273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816102139462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3354248161022341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83542481610219056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248261021,6102261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2354248261021,610225614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)354248261021,61022598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481610226417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5354248261021,610221516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33542481610221214
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)354248261021,61022978
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)354248261021,610221006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O354248261021,610224899
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)4354248261020,6102283
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)354248261021,610225251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3542481610221025


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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