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Locality Name:
Vondechenite-bearing Xenolith, Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.4

mindat Locality ID: 274596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vondechenite-bearing Xenolith, Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, 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

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 O P S Si Ti Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteCorundumEttringiteGarnetGismondineHydrotalciteMelilite
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyroxeneSpinelTitaniteTobermoriteWollastoniteWöhlerite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Baghdadite  (*)Bredigite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cuspidine  (*)Diopside  (*)Ettringite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorellestadite  (*)
Gehlenite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Jennite  (*)
Kerimasite  (*)Lakargiite  (*)Larnite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Rankinite  (*)Rondorfite  (*)Scottyite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tobermorite  (*)Vondechenite  (*)Willhendersonite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
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)33540.401534
Baghdadite  (*)WöhleriteCa6Zr2(Si2O7)2O43540.408
Bredigite  (*)NoneCa7Mg(SiO4)43540.4013
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3540.4027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23540.4027198
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F43540.4067
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63540.404135
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O3540.4093
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3540.402740
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F3540.4033
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O73540.40114
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O3540.40128
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33540.4014640
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O3540.4030
Jennite  (*)NoneCa9(Si3O9)2(OH)6·8H2O3540.4018
Kerimasite  (*)GarnetCa3Zr2(SiFe3+2)O123540.408
Lakargiite  (*)PerovskiteCaZrO33540.4010
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)3540.4048
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43540.4014899
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO33540.40495
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O73540.4025
Rondorfite  (*)NoneCa8Mg(SiO4)4Cl23540.407
Scottyite  (*)Not in a structural groupBaCu2Si2O73540.405
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O3540.40183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3540.404899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)3540.40114
Vondechenite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu4CaCl2(OH)8·4H2O3540.401
Willhendersonite  (*)ChabaziteKCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O3540.4012
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33540.401247



2 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)   
Be-000080.40.40.4  high   YesAlmarudite, FriedrichbeckeiteBe1793Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Schminke (2007)10.1007/978-3-540-68046-8_8BOOK_MPMA_241 


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