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Locality Name:
Point 2.0, Teufelsstein, Reichenbach, Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Point 2.0, Teufelsstein, 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
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: Ag As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H I O P Pb S Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H I O P Pb S Si V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteBismutiteBrackebuschiteCalciteCopperMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRocksaltWurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Corkite  (*)Gartrellite  (*)Heyite  (*)
Iodargyrite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mixite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Reichenbachite  (*)Silver  (*)Vauquelinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2363330.805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)363330.8011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2363330.80172
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)363330.80716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)363330.8027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S363330.805707
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl363330.801382
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6363330.80151
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O363330.8041
Heyite  (*)BrackebuschitePb5Fe2+2O4(VO4)2363330.8010
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI363330.80180
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2363330.8012537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O363330.80168
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4363330.80369
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2363330.8061156
Reichenbachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4363330.8026
Silver  (*)CopperAg363330.805186
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)363330.8063


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000964The 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_00000984The 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 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
Giersdorf_00000964334330.8332.4±1.6U-Pb    Yes  1850Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyOdenwald Granitoid ComplexSiebel et al. (2012)10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3MP105_187U-Pb Zircon age for the Odenwald Granitoid
Giersdorf_00000984363351357±6Lu-HfAge is part of the Part I of the Variscan Orogenic Event   Yes  1850Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyBöllstein OdenwaldSiebel et al. (2012)10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3MP105_187Age is indicative of a high-pressure facies event in the footwall of the unit

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