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Locality Name:
Kruft, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 27083
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27083.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kruft, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Korretsberg
Krufter Ofen
Tönchesberg

Latitude: 50°22'51"N
Longitude: 7°20'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.380833333333,7.3455555555556
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 Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatite
AragoniteBaddeleyiteBaryteBerylCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChevkiniteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumCristobaliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEttringiteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumKieseriteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMilarite
MonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePseudobrookitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophane
RhodoniteRocksaltRutileSapphirineScapoliteScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinelStarkeyite
StauroliteTitaniteTridymiteVolborthiteWollastoniteWöhleriteZirconZirconolite

113 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)
Allanite-(La)  (*)Almandine  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Alunite  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anilite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cancrinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Davyne  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Fergusonite-(Ce)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Fersmite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Goethite  (*)Götzenite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hiortdahlite  (*)Huttonite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jacobsite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Låvenite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Leucite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Meionite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Mullite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)  (*)
Nosean  (*)Opal  (*)Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Rhönite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Sylvite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tephroite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Thorianite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Wöhlerite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23542481615393419
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6354248161539286
Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)635424816153943
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3542481615398803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)354248161539706
Allanite-(La)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaLa(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)35424816153925
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)33542481615392353
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O35424816153946
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6354248161539966
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO53542481615391310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33542481615391534
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S435424816153988
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)3542481615401036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)354248261539,615403250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6354248361538,61539,615402060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23542481615395509
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2354248161539238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35424816153911547
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2354248161539101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248261539,6154027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O354248161539232
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235424816153927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3542481615393531
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6354248161539289
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O183542481615391008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O33542481615391797
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2354248161540453
Davyne  (*)Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite[(Na,K)6(SO4)0.5Cl][Ca2Cl2][(Si6Al6O24)]35424816153917
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O354248161539366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3542481615391027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63542481615394135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16354248161539300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23542481615399895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6354248161539944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3542481615398173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)354248161540371
Fergusonite-(Ce)  (*)ScheeliteCeNbO4·0.3H2O35424816153916
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4354248161539196
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O635424816153984
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O635424816153983
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F354248261539,615402740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23542481615399617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)3542481615391188
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3542481615397437
Götzenite  (*)NoneCa4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F235424816153927
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)33542481615391544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O354248261539,615406890
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)354248161539158
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6354248161539741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248361538,61539,6154014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4354248161539407
Hiortdahlite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4(Ca0.5Zr0.5)Zr(Si2O7)2OF335424816153921
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)35424816153937
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63542481615391066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33542481615395433
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4354248161539172
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6354248261539,615402228
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2354248261538,61539179
Låvenite  (*)Wöhlerite(Na,Ca)4(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(Zr,Ti,Nb)2(Si2O7)2(O,F)435424816153958
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)354248161539581
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)354248361538,61539,61540233
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4354248161539229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)3542481615391487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4354248361538,61539,6154014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816153912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23542481615395674
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)354248161539176
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O354248161539915
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)354248161539945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3542481615391508
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)354248261539,6154078
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)235424816153917380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6354248161539254
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)354248361538,61539,61540884
Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)635424816153917
Nosean  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·H2O35424816153975
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3542481615392994
Osumilite-(Mg)  (*)MilariteKMg2Al3(Al2Si10)O3035424816154042
Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4MgFe3+2Ti2O8(Si2O7)235424816153946
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2354248261539,615402273
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6354248161539121
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5354248361538,61539,61540164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235424816153939462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3354248161539244
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3354248161539147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83542481615399056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248261539,6154061156
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O35424816153966
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3542481615391711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)354248161539969
Rhönite  (*)SapphirineCa4[Mg8Fe3+2Ti2]O4[Si6Al6O36]35424816154047
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O354248161539293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23542481615395614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8354248161539353
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)354248361538,61539,61540598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3542481615396417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO53542481615391516
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl354248261538,61540444
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33542481615391214
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)354248161539978
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl354248161539275
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O354248161539139
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)354248161539240
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O354248161539183
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2354248161539236
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O354248261539,615404899
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2354248161540458
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O354248161540155
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)435424816153983
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33542481615391247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)354248161539939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3542481615395251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7354248161539140


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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