Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Giesenheld Quarry, Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.317

mindat Locality ID: 215012
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215012.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giesenheld Quarry, Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°15'32"N
Longitude: 6°39'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.258888888889,6.6658333333333

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	None	Pyroxene	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Tridymite

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Aragonite Calcite Clay Diaspore None Pyroxene Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Tridymite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*
Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nepheline ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	0.317	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	0.317	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	0.317	27770
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	0.317	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	0.317	7437
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	0.317	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	0.317	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	354	0.317	1508
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	0.317	884

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000566	MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.
Jen_0000567	MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.
Jen_0000568	MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	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
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)
Jen_0000566	0.5	0.5	0.5	K-Ar	Yes			105701	Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Auf Dickel	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000567	0.397	0.317	0.357±0.04	K-Ar	Yes			105701	Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Auf Dickel	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000568	0.661	0.601	0.631±0.03	K-Ar	Yes			105701	Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Auf Dickel	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

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