Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 245286
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245286.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Altburg

Latitude: 50°9'37"N
Longitude: 6°50'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.160277777778,6.8427777777778

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	Batisite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Magnetoplumbite	None	Perovskite	Quartz
Spinel	Titanite	Topaz	Tridymite

Analcime ()*	Batiferrite ()*	Batisite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Götzenite ()*	Hematite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Perovskite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
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 Ba Ca F Fe H K Na O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Batisite Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar Magnetoplumbite None Perovskite Quartz
Spinel Titanite Topaz Tridymite

16 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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	354	248	1	61697	1627
Batiferrite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	BaTi₂Fe³⁺₈Fe²⁺₂O₁₉	354	248	1	61697	5
Batisite ()*	Batisite	Na₂BaTi₂O₂(Si₂O₆)₂	354	248	1	61697	11
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61697	453
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	1	61697	2740
Götzenite ()*	None	Ca₄NaCa₂Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	354	248	1	61697	27
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61697	14640
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	248	1	61697	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	1	61697	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	1	61697	884
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	354	248	1	61697	495
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	1	61697	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	1	61697	598
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	248	1	61697	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	354	248	1	61697	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61697	458

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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