Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kappiger Ley (Kappiger Lay), Wehr, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 36155
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36155.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kappiger Ley (Kappiger Lay), Wehr, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°24'46"N
Longitude: 7°11'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.412777777778,7.1977777777778

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar
Garnet	Gismondine	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Spinel	Staurolite
Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*
Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Garronite-Ca ()*
Hercynite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Nosean ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Schorlomite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Corundum Feldspar
Garnet Gismondine Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Sodalite Spinel Staurolite
Titanite Tridymite Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	354	248	3419
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	354	248	286
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	354	248	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	354	248	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	248	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	354	248	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	354	248	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	354	248	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	354	248	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	354	248	1188
Garronite-Ca ()*	Gismondine	Ca₃(Al₆Si₁₀O₃₂)·14H₂O	354	248	66
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	354	248	407
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	354	248	1507
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	248	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	354	248	75
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	354	248	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	354	248	2273
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	598
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	354	248	54
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	354	248	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	354	248	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	248	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	354	248	5251

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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