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Locality Name:
Kirchheimbolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 21254
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21254.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirchheimbolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dannenfels
Kriegsfeld
Mörsfeld
Orbis
Rothenkircherhof

Latitude: 49°41'18"N
Longitude: 7°57'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.688333333333,7.96

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Harmotome	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur
Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Delafossite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eglestonite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Moschellandsbergite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Perroudite ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Poyarkovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zircon ()*

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: Ag Al As Ba Br C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg I K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Harmotome Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur
Tetrahedrite Vivianite Zircon

46 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	354	248	1	61355	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61359	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61355	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	354	248	1	61359	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	3	61355,61359,61361	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	3	61355,61359,61361	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	354	248	1	61355	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	2	61355,61359	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	354	248	1	61359	91
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	354	248	1	61355	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	3	61355,61359,61361	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	354	248	3	61357,61359,61361	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	354	248	1	61363	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	2	61355,61361	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	2	61355,61361	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	354	248	1	61361	144
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61355	9895
Eglestonite ()*	None	([Hg¹⁺]₂)₃OCl₃(OH)	354	248	1	61359	36
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	1	61355	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	354	248	1	61359	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	2	61355,61359	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	1	61355	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	1	61355	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	354	248	1	61355	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61355	14640
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61355	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	2	61355,61361	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	354	248	1	61355	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	2	61355,61359	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	354	248	3	61357,61359,61361	397
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	354	248	1	61355	1508
Moschellandsbergite ()*	None	Ag₂Hg₃	354	248	1	61359	24
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	1	61355	112
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	354	248	1	61363	1236
Perroudite ()*	None	Ag₄Hg₅S₅(I,Br)₂Cl₂	354	248	1	61359	23
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	354	248	1	61361	428
Poyarkovite ()*	None	Hg₃OCl	354	248	1	61359	5
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	4	61355,61357,61359,61361	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	4	61355,61359,61361,61363	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	1	61355	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	354	248	1	61355	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	2	61355,61359	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	354	248	1	61355	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	2	61359,61361	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	354	248	1	61355	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	354	248	1	61355	5251

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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