Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Michaelstein, Blankenburg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 289

mindat Locality ID: 257751
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-257751.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Michaelstein, Blankenburg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel	Staurolite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Enstatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Corundum Feldspar None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Spinel Staurolite Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	296	289	2162
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	296	289	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	296	289	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	296	289	1797
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	296	289	944
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	296	289	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	296	289	1507
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	296	289	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	296	289	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	296	289	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	296	289	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	296	289	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	296	289	1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	296	289	978
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	296	289	5251

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-00077	296	289		U-Pb, K-Ar, Rb-Sr						Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, Tischendorfite	Hg	22226	Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany		Möller et al. (1984); Baumann et al. (1991)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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