Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Burgbrohl, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 279032
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279032.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burgbrohl, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Herchenberg
Trass Quarry

Latitude: 50°27'48"N
Longitude: 7°16'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.463333333333,7.2786111111111

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	Aragonite	Beryl	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chabazite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar
Garnet	Mica	Milarite	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Sodalite
Spinel	Titanite	Topaz	Tridymite	Zircon

Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jeremejevite ()*
Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natron ()*
Nepheline ()*	Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sanidine ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tridymite ()*
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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Aragonite Beryl Cancrinite-sodalite Chabazite Clay Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar
Garnet Mica Milarite None Olivine Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Rutile Sodalite
Spinel Titanite Topaz Tridymite Zircon

31 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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	1	61014	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61014	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	248	1	61014	2060
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	354	248	1	61014	310
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	354	248	1	61014	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	354	248	1	61014	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61014	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61014	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	354	248	1	61014	944
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	354	248	1	61014	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	1	61014	2740
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	354	248	1	61014	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61014	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	354	248	1	61014	5433
Jeremejevite ()*	None	Al₆(BO₃)₅F₃	354	248	1	61014	15
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	248	1	61014	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	1	61014	14899
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	354	248	1	61014	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	1	61014	17380
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	354	248	1	61015	51
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	1	61014	884
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	354	248	1	61014	42
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	354	248	1	61014	495
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	354	248	1	61014	164
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	354	248	1	61014	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	1	61014	598
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	354	248	1	61014	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	248	1	61014	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	354	248	1	61014	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61014	458
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	354	248	1	61014	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-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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