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

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

mindat Locality ID: 214576
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214576.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roth, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Rother Kopf
Wolfsbeul

Latitude: 50°15'5"N
Longitude: 6°37'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.251388888889,6.6325

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAnalcimeApatiteApophylliteBaryteBatisiteBerylCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChabazite
ClayCorundumCristobaliteEttringiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGismondineGünterblassiteHarmotome
LudwigiteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMeliliteMicaNatroliteNoneOlivinePerovskitePseudobrookite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSepioliteSodaliteSpinelThomsoniteTitaniteTopaz
Tridymite

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Åkermanite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Batiferrite  (*)Batisite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)
Chabazite-K  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Emmerichite  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Flörkeite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Fluorophlogopite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Fresnoite  (*)Gismondine  (*)
Götzenite  (*)Günterblassite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Kalsilite  (*)Leucite  (*)Lileyite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mullite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phillipsite-K  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Schüllerite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Sodalite  (*)
Thaumasite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Ulvöspinel  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vésigniéite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)Willhendersonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O735424816172350
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O354248161723470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)33542481617232353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33542481617231534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6354248261723,617242060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816172311547
Batiferrite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteBaTi2Fe3+8Fe2+2O193542481617235
Batisite  (*)BatisiteNa2BaTi2O2(Si2O6)235424816172311
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35424816172327770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O354248161723310
Chabazite-K  (*)Chabazite(K2NaCa0.5)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O35424816172330
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O183542481617231008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O33542481617231797
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2354248161723453
Emmerichite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na3Fe3+(Si2O7)2O2F23542481617232
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O35424816172393
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)354248161723371
Flörkeite  (*)None(K3Ca2Na)[Al8Si8O32]·12H2O3542481617236
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F354248261723,617242740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O354248161723303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23542481617239617
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F235424816172347
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)3542481617231188
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)35424816172317
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O354248161723128
Götzenite  (*)NoneCa4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F235424816172327
Günterblassite  (*)Günterblassite(K,Ca,Ba,Na,   )3Fe[(Si,Al)13O25(OH,O)4]·7H2O3542481617234
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)354248161723158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248261723,6172414640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O35424816172385
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO435424816172349
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)354248261723,61724233
Lileyite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na2Fe2+Mg(Si2O7)2O2F23542481617234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354248261723,6172414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816172312537
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)35424816172378
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)235424816172317380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O3542481617231236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)354248261723,61724884
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3354248161723495
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O35424816172371
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23542481617232273
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5354248261723,61724164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816172339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816172361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23542481617235614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)354248161723598
Schüllerite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na2Mg2(Si2O7)2O2F23542481617235
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O354248161723241
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl354248161723444
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O354248161723183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O354248161723452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3542481617234899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F23542481617231476
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2354248161723458
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4354248161723120
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl354248161723605
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)235424816172346
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)35424816172362
Willhendersonite  (*)ChabaziteKCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O35424816172312



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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