Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Südwestpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 305573
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305573.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Südwestpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Dahner Felsenland
Hauenstein
Pirmasens-Land
Rodalben
Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben
Waldfischbach-Burgalben
Zweibrücken-Land

Latitude: 49°12'19"N
Longitude: 7°44'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.205277777778,7.7344444444444

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.

Alum	Alunite	Apatite	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Arcanite	Baryte	Calcite	Cerite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Iron	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Syngenite

Alum-(K) ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Arcanite ()*	Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Descloizite ()*	Diopside ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Manganite ()*
Merrillite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Syngenite ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Alunite Apatite Aphthitalite Aragonite Arcanite Baryte Calcite Cerite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Descloizite Diaspore Gypsum Iron None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Syngenite

32 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
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	354	248	1	61654	92
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	354	248	1	61654	77
Arcanite ()*	Arcanite	K₂(SO₄)	354	248	1	61653	30
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	1	61650	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	354	248	1	61650	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	354	248	2	61644,61646	4979
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	354	248	1	61659	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	354	248	1	61659	3846
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	354	248	2	61644,61648	378
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	354	248	1	61659	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	3	61644,61646,61650	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	1	61650	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	1	61654	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	354	248	1	61654	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61650	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	354	248	1	61644	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	354	248	1	61659	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	354	248	1	61659	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	354	248	1	61659	191
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	354	248	1	61650	770
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	354	248	1	61659	230
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	354	248	2	61644,61646	1107
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	354	248	1	61650	170
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	354	248	1	61650	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	354	248	2	61644,61646	1725
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	1	61650	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	354	248	1	61646	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	1	61650	21482
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	354	248	2	61653,61654	275
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	354	248	2	61653,61654	44
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	354	248	1	61659	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	354	248	1	61659	1044

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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