Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Southern Lava Flow, 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: 293265
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293265.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ettringer Feld
Mayener Feld

Latitude: 50°20'40"N
Longitude: 7°13'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.344444444444,7.23

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	Baryte	Brownmillerite	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cristobalite	Ettringite
Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Mayenite	Melilite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scapolite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Thomsonite
Titanite	Tobermorite	Tridymite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Afwillite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brownmillerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlormayenite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Ettringite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Haüyne ()*
Hydrocalumite ()*	Jasmundite ()*	Larnite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Meionite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Portlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Strätlingite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*
Tobermorite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Vaterite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Baryte Brownmillerite Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Cristobalite Ettringite
Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Hydrotalcite Mayenite Melilite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Scapolite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Thomsonite
Titanite Tobermorite Tridymite Wollastonite Zircon

40 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
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O	354	0.4	1	61495	41
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	354	0.4	2	61493,61494	1036
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	0.4	1	61495	11547
Brownmillerite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺AlO₅	354	0.4	2	61493,61494	21
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	0.4	2	61493,61494	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	0.4	1	61494	27198
Chlormayenite ()*	Mayenite	Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₂[ ₄Cl₂]	354	0.4	2	61493,61494	19
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	0.4	2	61493,61494	453
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	354	0.4	2	61493,61494	4135
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	354	0.4	3	61493,61494,61495	93
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	354	0.4	2	61493,61494	1188
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	354	0.4	1	61493	114
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	354	0.4	1	61493	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	0.4	1	61494	6890
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	354	0.4	2	61493,61494	158
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O	354	0.4	1	61494	30
Jasmundite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₁₁O₂(SiO₄)₄S	354	0.4	2	61493,61494	6
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	354	0.4	1	61494	48
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	0.4	1	61494	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	0.4	1	61494	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	354	0.4	3	61493,61494,61495	176
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	0.4	1	61494	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	354	0.4	1	61494	75
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	354	0.4	1	61494	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	354	0.4	2	61493,61494	2273
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂	354	0.4	1	61494	51
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	354	0.4	2	61493,61494	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	0.4	2	61493,61494	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	0.4	1	61494	598
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	0.4	1	61494	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	354	0.4	1	61493	1934
Strätlingite ()*	None	Ca₂Al(Si,Al)₂O₂(OH)₁₀·2.25H₂O	354	0.4	1	61494	11
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	354	0.4	1	61494	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	354	0.4	1	61494	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	0.4	1	61494	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	354	0.4	2	61494,61495	114
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	0.4	2	61493,61494	458
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	354	0.4	1	61494	37
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	354	0.4	1	61493	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	354	0.4	1	61494	5251

2 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)
	Be-00008	0.4	0.4	0.4			high				Yes		Almarudite, Friedrichbeckeite	Be	1793	Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany		Schminke (2007)	10.1007/978-3-540-68046-8_8	BOOK_MPMA_241

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130105	Ettringer Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	https://rruff.info/R130105

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