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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.317

mindat Locality ID: 29146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Birresborn
Hohenfels-Essingen
Rockeskyll
Roth

Latitude: 50°14'5"N
Longitude: 6°40'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.234722222222,6.6675
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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ti V Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteBaryte
BatisiteBerylCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChabaziteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCristobalite
DiasporeDumortieriteEpidoteEttringiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGismondineGypsumGünterblassite
HarmotomeHydrotalciteLudwigiteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMeliliteMicaNatroliteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePseudobrookitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRutileScapolite
SepioliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSpinelStauroliteThomsoniteTitaniteTopazTridymite
Zircon

95 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Annite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Batiferrite  (*)Batisite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chabazite-K  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Emmerichite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferro-katophorite  (*)Ferro-pargasite  (*)Flörkeite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluorophlogopite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Fresnoite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Goethite  (*)Götzenite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Günterblassite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hannebachite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaersutite  (*)Kalsilite  (*)Leucite  (*)Lileyite  (*)Lizardite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meionite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mullite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nosean  (*)Oxycalciopyrochlore  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Phillipsite-K  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richterite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Saponite  (*)Schorlomite  (*)Schüllerite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tridymite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Vésigniéite  (*)Vishnevite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)Willhendersonite  (*)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+)Si2O60.6610.317161713286
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O735424816172350
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)0.6610.3171617138803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O354248161723470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)33540.317261713,617232353
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O35424816170646
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O3540.317261706,617131627
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO53540.317261713,617211310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33540.317561706,61709,61713,61716,617231534
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)20.6610.317161713356
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3540.317261706,617143250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O63540.3171161706,61709,61713,61714,61716,61718,61719,61720,61721,61723,617242060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248261706,6172311547
Batiferrite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteBaTi2Fe3+8Fe2+2O193542481617235
Batisite  (*)BatisiteNa2BaTi2O2(Si2O6)235424816172311
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3540.317761706,61709,61713,61714,61719,61721,6172327770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O354248261706,61723310
Chabazite-K  (*)Chabazite(K2NaCa0.5)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O35424816172330
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0.6610.3171617131025
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O183540.317261713,617231008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O33540.317261713,617231797
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2354248161723453
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O180.6610.317161713231
Emmerichite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na3Fe3+(Si2O7)2O2F23542481617232
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60.6610.317161713944
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O35424816172393
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)354248161723371
Ferro-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20.6610.31716171338
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20.6610.31716171354
Flörkeite  (*)None(K3Ca2Na)[Al8Si8O32]·12H2O3542481617236
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3540.3171161706,61709,61713,61714,61716,61718,61719,61720,61721,61723,617242740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O354248161723303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2354248261706,617239617
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F235424816172347
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)3540.317361716,61719,617231188
Fresnoite  (*)MeliliteBa2TiO(Si2O7)35424816172317
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O354248161723128
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3540.3171617147437
Götzenite  (*)NoneCa4NaCa2Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F235424816172327
Graphite  (*)NoneC0.6610.3171617132812
Günterblassite  (*)Günterblassite(K,Ca,Ba,Na,   )3Fe[(Si,Al)13O25(OH,O)4]·7H2O3542481617234
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3542481617066890
Hannebachite  (*)NoneCa(SO3)·0.5H2O35424816170612
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)354248161723158
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33540.317461709,61716,61723,6172414640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40.6610.317161713407
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)435424816170687
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O35424816172385
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O30.6610.3171617135433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60.6610.3171617132228
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O20.6610.317161713179
Kalsilite  (*)NoneKAlSiO435424816172349
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)3540.317961706,61709,61714,61716,61718,61719,61720,61723,61724233
Lileyite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na2Fe2+Mg(Si2O7)2O2F23542481617234
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4354248161706359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43540.3171161706,61709,61713,61714,61716,61718,61719,61720,61721,61723,6172414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235424816172312537
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)0.6610.317161713176
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3540.317261713,617141508
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)35424816172378
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23540.317261713,6172317380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O3542481617231236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)3540.3171061706,61709,61714,61716,61718,61719,61720,61721,61723,61724884
Nosean  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)·H2O0.6610.31716171375
Oxycalciopyrochlore  (*)PyrochloreCa2Nb2O6O0.6610.31716171311
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO33540.317961706,61709,61713,61716,61718,61719,61720,61721,61723495
Phillipsite-K  (*)HarmotomeK6(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O35424816172371
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23540.317561706,61713,61716,61719,617232273
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O60.6610.317161713303
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O53540.317361716,61723,61724164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248261706,6172339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83542481617069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23540.317461713,61719,61720,6172361156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)20.6610.317161713148
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23540.317261713,617235614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3540.317561709,61713,61718,61720,61723598
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O354248161706301
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O120.6610.31716171354
Schüllerite  (*)NoneBa2Ti2Na2Mg2(Si2O7)2O2F23542481617235
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O354248161723241
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO50.6610.3171617131516
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl3540.317561716,61718,61719,61720,61723444
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)0.6610.317161713978
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O354248161723183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O354248161723452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3540.317361713,61716,617234899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F23542481617231476
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO23540.317361719,61720,61723458
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4354248161723120
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl354248161723605
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)235424816172346
Vishnevite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite CancriniteNa8(Al6Si6)O24(SO4)·2H2O0.6610.31716171321
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)35424816172362
Willhendersonite  (*)ChabaziteKCa(Si3Al3)O12·5H2O35424816172312
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)0.6610.3171617135251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000566MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.
Jen_0000567MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.
Jen_0000568MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.


4 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)   
Jen_00005660.50.50.5K-Ar       105701Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyAuf DickelWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_00005670.3970.3170.357±0.04K-Ar       105701Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyAuf DickelWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_00005680.6610.6010.631±0.03K-Ar       105701Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyAuf DickelWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 

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