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Locality Name:
Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 28255
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28255.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Berndorf
Buch
Graulay (Graulai; Graulei; Grauley)
Kyller Höhe
Lierwiese
Niederbettingen
Oberbettingen
Schönfeld
Steffeln
Steinrausch
Üxheim
Walsdorf
Wiesbaum
Zilsdorf

Latitude: 50°17'36"N
Longitude: 6°39'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.293333333333,6.6619444444444
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 Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Ti V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al F K Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAluniteAmorphousAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArtiniteBaryteBatisite
BerylBruciteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteCristobaliteDescloiziteDiasporeEttringiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGismondineGypsum
GyroliteGünterblassiteHarmotomeHydrotalciteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeliliteMicaNatrolite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePrehnitePseudobrookitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelThomsoniteTitaniteTobermoriteTridymite
VolborthiteWollastoniteWöhleriteZircon

103 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Allophane  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Artinite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Batiferrite  (*)Batisite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chabazite-K  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Emmerichite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Faujasite-Ca  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Flörkeite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluorophlogopite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Fresnoite  (*)Galena  (*)Gismondine  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gonnardite  (*)Götzenite  (*)Günterblassite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Gyrolite  (*)
Hannebachite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)Hielscherite  (*)Hillesheimite  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)
Lamprophyllite  (*)Leucite  (*)Lileyite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Offretite  (*)Opal  (*)Oxyphlogopite  (*)
Periclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phillipsite-Ca  (*)Phillipsite-K  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Priderite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Schorlomite  (*)Schüllerite  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Scottyite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tacharanite  (*)
Thaumasite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Vaterite  (*)Vésigniéite  (*)Vishnevite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Willhendersonite  (*)
Wöhlerite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6354248161731286
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O735424816173150
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O354248161749470
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O35424816173146
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O3542481617531627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3354248461731,61732,61737,617491534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4354248161753708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)354248261731,617533250
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O35424816175375
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O63542481461730,61731,61732,61733,61735,61737,61738,61739,61741,61743,61744,61749,61754,617552060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248461731,61749,61751,6175311547
Batiferrite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteBaTi2Fe3+8Fe2+2O193542481617315
Batisite  (*)BatisiteNa2BaTi2O2(Si2O6)235424816173111
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43542481617315516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2354248161753462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248961729,61730,61731,61732,61733,61739,61747,61749,6175327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3542481617294979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O354248261731,61753310
Chabazite-K  (*)Chabazite(K2NaCa0.5)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O35424816173130
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3542481617315707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248261731,6175327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3542481617313531
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O183542481617551008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3542481617314165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2354248161755453
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3542481617312970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2354248461731,61747,61751,617539895
Emmerichite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na3Fe3+(Si2O7)2O2F23542481617312
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O35424816173193
Faujasite-Ca  (*)None(Ca,Na,Mg)2(Si,Al)12O24·15H2O35424816173112
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)354248161749371
Flörkeite  (*)None(K3Ca2Na)[Al8Si8O32]·12H2O3542481617316
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3542481261730,61731,61732,61733,61735,61737,61738,61739,61743,61744,61749,617552740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2354248261731,617479617
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2354248047
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)354248461731,61735,61741,617551188
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)35424816173117
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35424816175124243
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O354248161731128
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)354248261739,617477437
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O354248261731,61753167
Götzenite  (*)NoneCa4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F235424816173127
Günterblassite  (*)Günterblassite(K,Ca,Ba,Na,   )3Fe[(Si,Al)13O25(OH,O)4]·7H2O3542481617314
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542481617316890
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O354248161753142
Hannebachite  (*)NoneCa(SO3)·0.5H2O35424816173112
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)354248361731,61739,61743158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354248861731,61733,61737,61738,61743,61747,61749,6175514640
Hielscherite  (*)EttringiteCa6Si2[(SO4)2(SO3)2(OH)12]·22H2O3542481617311
Hillesheimite  (*)Günterblassite(K,Ca,Ba,   )2(Mg,Fe,Ca,   )2[(Si,Al)13O23(OH)6](OH)·8H2O3542481617312
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O354248161753341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)435424816175387
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH354248161749367
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63542481617312228
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO435424816173149
Lamprophyllite  (*)None(SrNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)235424816173163
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)3542481261731,61732,61733,61735,61737,61738,61739,61743,61744,61749,61754,61755233
Lileyite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na2Fe2+Mg(Si2O7)2O2F23542481617314
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4354248161753359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43542481361730,61731,61732,61733,61735,61737,61738,61739,61743,61744,61749,61754,6175514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2354248361729,61731,6174912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2354248261747,617515674
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O354248161753425
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O354248361731,61739,617531508
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)354248161749362
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O354248261731,617531236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)3542481361730,61731,61732,61733,61735,61737,61738,61739,61743,61744,61749,61754,61755884
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O354248161753146
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O354248461731,61732,61749,617542994
Oxyphlogopite  (*)MicaK(Mg,Ti,Fe)3[(Si,Al)4O10](O,F)23542481617315
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO354248161753114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3354248761731,61732,61733,61735,61737,61743,61755495
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)HarmotomeCa3(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O35424816173175
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O35424816173171
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2354248261731,617492273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)23542481617531898
Priderite  (*)CoronaditeK(Ti7Fe3+)O1635424816173141
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O5354248361731,61737,61749164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248461729,61747,61751,6175339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83542481617319056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354248261733,6175561156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O354248161731177
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)354248661731,61732,61733,61743,61749,61755598
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O1235424816173154
Schüllerite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na2Mg2(Si2O7)2O2F2354248261749,617555
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O354248161753390
Scottyite  (*)Not in a structural groupBaCu2Si2O73542481617315
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl354248461731,61749,61754,61755444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35424816175121482
Tacharanite  (*)NoneCa12Al2Si18O33(OH)3635424816175347
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O354248261731,61753183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O354248261731,61753452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O354248461731,61733,61737,617494899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)354248161753114
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2354248261743,61755458
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)35424816175337
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)235424816175546
Vishnevite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite CancriniteNa8(Al6Si6)O24(SO4)·2H2O35424816173121
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O354248261731,61749155
Willhendersonite  (*)ChabaziteKCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O35424816173112
Wöhlerite  (*)WöhleriteNa2Ca4Zr(Nb,Ti)(Si2O7)2(O,F)435424816173183
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33542481617311247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3542481617315251


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)   

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R140773Graulay (Graulai; Graulei; Grauley), Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R140773
R141078Graulay (Graulai; Graulei; Grauley), Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R141078
R140772Graulay (Graulai; Graulei; Grauley), Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R140772
R160006Graulay (Graulai; Graulei; Grauley), Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R160006
R060809Arensberg, Zilsdorf, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R060809

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