Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bettenfeld, Wittlich, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 282346
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282346.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bettenfeld, Wittlich, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mosenberg

Latitude: 50°5'7"N
Longitude: 6°46'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.085277777778,6.7758333333333

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.

Apatite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	None	Pseudobrookite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sodalite
Spinel	Tridymite

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 Ca Cl F Fe K Mg Na O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar None Pseudobrookite Pyroxene Quartz Sodalite
Spinel Tridymite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sodalite ()*
Spinel ()*	Tridymite ()*

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
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	248	1	61227	2060
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61227	453
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	1	61227	2740
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61227	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	1	61227	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	1	61227	884
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	354	248	1	61227	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	1	61227	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	1	61227	598
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	354	248	1	61227	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	354	248	1	61227	1934
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61227	458

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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