Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Walsdorf, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 214582
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214582.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Goßberg

Latitude: 50°16'24"N
Longitude: 6°42'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.273333333333,6.7027777777778

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Corundum	Descloizite
Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Spinel
Titanite	Tridymite	Volborthite

Allophane ()*	Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Leucite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Opal ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Schüllerite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Titanite ()*	Volborthite ()*

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 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:
Allophane Amorphous Analcime Apatite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Corundum Descloizite
Feldspar Garnet Malachite Mica None Olivine Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Sodalite Spinel
Titanite Tridymite Volborthite

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
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	354	248	1	61749	470
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	1	61749	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	248	1	61749	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	1	61749	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61749	27770
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	354	248	1	61749	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	1	61749	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61749	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	354	248	1	61749	367
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	248	1	61749	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	1	61749	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61749	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	354	248	1	61749	362
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	1	61749	884
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	354	248	1	61749	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61749	2273
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	354	248	1	61749	164
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	1	61749	598
Schüllerite ()*	None	Ba₂Ti₂Na₂Mg₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂F₂	354	248	1	61749	5
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	354	248	1	61749	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	248	1	61749	4899
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	354	248	1	61749	155

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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