Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Point 3.0, Borstein, Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 363
Youngest recorded age at locality: 330.8

mindat Locality ID: 31899
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31899.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Point 3.0, Borstein, Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Adelite	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Baryte	Descloizite	Malachite	None	Quartz

Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Duftite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*
Quartz ()*	Reichenbachite ()*	Vauquelinite ()*

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 Cr Cu H O P Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cr Cu H O P Pb S Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Andalusite Apatite Baryte Descloizite Malachite None Quartz

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	363	330.8	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	363	330.8	172
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	363
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	220
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	363	330.8	82
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	363	330.8	367
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	363	330.8	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	362
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	363	330.8	170
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	363	330.8	61156
Reichenbachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	363	330.8	26
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	363	330.8	63

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000964	The Odenwald Granitoid Complex is a Variscan I-type granitoid that formed during subduction of the Rheic ocean and the collission of Avalonia and Armorica about 365 and 330 m.y.a.
Giersdorf_00000984	The Böllstein Odenwald is a unit found as part of the Odenwald Granodiorite Complex and is a garnet-bearing orthogneiss

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
	Giersdorf_00000964	334	330.8	332.4±1.6	U-Pb						Yes				1850	Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Odenwald Granitoid Complex	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	U-Pb Zircon age for the Odenwald Granitoid
	Giersdorf_00000984	363	351	357±6	Lu-Hf	Age is part of the Part I of the Variscan Orogenic Event					Yes				1850	Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Böllstein Odenwald	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	Age is indicative of a high-pressure facies event in the footwall of the unit

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