Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Northern 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: 293303
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293303.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Winfeld

Latitude: 50°21'19"N
Longitude: 7°14'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.355277777778,7.2397222222222

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.

Cancrinite-sodalite	Cristobalite	Ettringite	Garnet	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sodalite	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 Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Cancrinite-sodalite Cristobalite Ettringite Garnet None Pyroxene Quartz Sodalite Tridymite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Augite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Haüyne ()*
Quartz ()*	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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	354	0.4	1	61491	2353
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	0.4	1	61491	2060
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	0.4	1	61491	453
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	354	0.4	1	61491	93
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	354	0.4	1	61491	158
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	0.4	1	61491	61156
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	0.4	1	61491	458

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

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