Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Birresborn, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 191516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Birresborn, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kalem

Latitude: 50°11'8"N
Longitude: 6°37'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.185555555556,6.6180555555556

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.

Alumohydrocalcite	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Clay	Fluorite	Garnet
Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel	Tridymite

Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hannebachite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Leucite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Saponite ()*

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 Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alumohydrocalcite Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Clay Fluorite Garnet
Gypsum Hydrotalcite Mica Nickeline None Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel Tridymite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·4H₂O	354	248	1	61706	46
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	354	248	1	61706	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	1	61706	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61706	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	248	1	61706	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	1	61706	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61706	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	354	248	1	61706	310
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	1	61706	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	354	248	1	61706	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	1	61706	6890
Hannebachite ()*	None	Ca(SO₃)·0.5H₂O	354	248	1	61706	12
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	354	248	1	61706	87
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	248	1	61706	233
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	1	61706	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	1	61706	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	1	61706	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	354	248	1	61706	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61706	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61706	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	354	248	1	61706	9056
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	354	248	1	61706	301

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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