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

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

mindat Locality ID: 245287
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245287.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wartgesberg

Latitude: 50°6'49"N
Longitude: 6°56'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.113611111111,6.9355555555556

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeCancrinite-sodaliteCorundumFeldsparGarnetMalachiteMilariteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PseudobrookitePyroxeneQuartzSodaliteSpinelTridymiteVolborthite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)
Pseudobrookite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sodalite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33542481616991534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O63542481616992060
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)354248161699371
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)3542481616991188
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335424816169914640
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)354248161699233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O435424816169914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816169912537
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)354248161699884
Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)MilariteKMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O3035424816169942
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5354248161699164
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235424816169961156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)354248161699598
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO53542481616991516
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl354248161699444
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2354248161699458
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O354248161699155



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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