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Locality Name:
Hinterweiler, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 233853
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233853.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hinterweiler, Daun, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Feuerberg
Hangelberg
Kellert (Nohn)

Latitude: 50°14'40"N
Longitude: 6°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.244444444444,6.75

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteBixbyiteBrownmilleriteBruciteCalciteChabazite
ClayCorundumDescloiziteEttringiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGismondineGypsumGünterblassite
HydrotalciteMalachiteMicaNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneSpinel
Spurrite-AfwilliteTridymite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Andradite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bixbyite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Flörkeite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Gismondine  (*)Günterblassite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)
Kalsilite  (*)Kruijenite  (*)Leucite  (*)Lileyite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Opal  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sharyginite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Willhendersonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O35424816168641
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33542481616861534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3542481616863250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O63542481616862060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816168611547
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3354248161686104
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2354248161687462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248261686,6168727770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O354248161686310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481616862970
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O35424816168693
Flörkeite  (*)None(K3Ca2Na)[Al8Si8O32]·12H2O3542481616866
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3542481616872740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23542481616869617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)3542481616861188
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O354248161686128
Günterblassite  (*)Günterblassite(K,Ca,Ba,Na,   )3Fe[(Si,Al)13O25(OH,O)4]·7H2O3542481616864
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542481616866890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248261686,6168714640
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O35424816168630
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO435424816168649
Kruijenite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa4Al4(SO4)F2(OH)16·2H2O3542481616861
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)354248161686233
Lileyite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na2Fe2+Mg(Si2O7)2O2F23542481616864
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O435424816168614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816168612537
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)354248161686362
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O3542481616861236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)354248161686884
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3542481616862994
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3354248261686,61687495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23542481616882273
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)354248161687598
Sharyginite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa3TiFe2O83542481616867
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2354248161687458
Willhendersonite  (*)ChabaziteKCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O35424816168612



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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