Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Niederzissen, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 38300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niederzissen, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hannebach

Latitude: 50°27'3"N
Longitude: 7°8'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.450833333333,7.1405555555556

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chabazite	Clay	Cristobalite	Ettringite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Oxalate	Perovskite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite

Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hannebachite ()*	Haüyne ()*
Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orschallite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*
Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Whewellite ()*

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chabazite Clay Cristobalite Ettringite
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Nickeline None Olivine Oxalate Perovskite Pyroxene
Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite

29 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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	1	61026	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61025	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	248	2	61025,61026	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	1	61025	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	2	61025,61026	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	354	248	1	61025	1252
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	354	248	1	61025	310
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61025	453
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	354	248	1	61025	371
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	354	248	1	61025	84
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	1	61025	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	354	248	1	61025	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	1	61025	6890
Hannebachite ()*	None	Ca(SO₃)·0.5H₂O	354	248	1	61025	12
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	354	248	2	61025,61026	158
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	248	2	61025,61026	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	1	61025	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	354	248	1	61025	1508
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	2	61025,61026	884
Orschallite ()*	None	Ca₃(S⁴⁺O₃)₂(SO₄)·12H₂O	354	248	1	61025	4
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	354	248	1	61025	495
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	354	248	1	61025	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	1	61025	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	2	61025,61026	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	354	248	1	61025	301
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	354	248	1	61025	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	248	1	61026	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61025	458
Whewellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·H₂O	354	248	1	61025	66

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
R060572	Hannebacher Ley (Hannebacher Lay), Hannebach, Niederzissen, Brohltal, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	https://rruff.info/R060572

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