Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Abtsteinach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 363
Youngest recorded age at locality: 330.8

mindat Locality ID: 232133
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232133.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abtsteinach, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mackenheim

Latitude: 49°33'48"N
Longitude: 8°46'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.563333333333,8.7830555555556
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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenolampriteArsenopyriteBaryteBastnäsiteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteCopperCorundumDiasporeFluoriteGypsumHexahydriteKoritnigiteLöllingiteMalachite
MarcasiteMeneghiniteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePumpellyitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRoseliteRutileScheeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTyrolite
VivianiteZippeiteZircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenolamprite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltkoritnigite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Moorhouseite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roselite  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3363330.8159284315
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2363330.81592842162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2363330.81592843092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O363330.8159284445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)363330.81592843250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs363330.8159284379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O363330.8159284194
Arsenolamprite  (*)ArsenolampriteAs363330.815928419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS363330.81592849052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2363330.81592845509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)363330.815928411547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F363330.8159284304
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3363330.8159284214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi363330.81592841966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3363330.81592841935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)363330.8159284716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)363330.815928427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2363330.815928427198
Cobaltkoritnigite  (*)KoritnigiteCo(AsO3OH)·H2O363330.815928432
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O363330.8159284566
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5363330.8159284344
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2363330.81592849895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2363330.8159284246
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O363330.8159284814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2363330.81592849617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS363330.815928424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)363330.81592847437
Gold  (*)CopperAu363330.815928430554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O363330.81592846890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3363330.815928414640
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2363330.8159284762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2363330.815928412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2363330.81592845674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2363330.81592845800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)363330.8159284945
Moorhouseite  (*)HexahydriteCo(SO4)·6H2O363330.815928414
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs363330.8159284633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS363330.8159284767
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O363330.8159284105
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O363330.815928430
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2363330.815928439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2363330.81592843106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8363330.81592849056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2363330.815928461156
Roselite  (*)RoseliteCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O363330.815928423
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2363330.8159284317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)363330.81592844894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)363330.81592846417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3363330.8159284531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS363330.815928421482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13363330.81592841803
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O363330.8159284433
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O363330.8159284245
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2363330.81592842718
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4363330.8159284175


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000964The Odenwald Granitoid Complex is a Variscan I-type granitoid that formed during subduction of the Rheic ocean and the collission of Avalonia and Armorica about 365 and 330 m.y.a.
Giersdorf_00000984The Böllstein Odenwald is a unit found as part of the Odenwald Granodiorite Complex and is a garnet-bearing orthogneiss


2 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
Giersdorf_00000964334330.8332.4±1.6U-Pb    Yes  1850Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyOdenwald Granitoid ComplexSiebel et al. (2012)10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3MP105_187U-Pb Zircon age for the Odenwald Granitoid
Giersdorf_00000984363351357±6Lu-HfAge is part of the Part I of the Variscan Orogenic Event   Yes  1850Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyBöllstein OdenwaldSiebel et al. (2012)10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3MP105_187Age is indicative of a high-pressure facies event in the footwall of the unit

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