Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 248

mindat Locality ID: 39007
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39007.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Holzappel
Rupbach
Steinsberg Quarry

Latitude: 50°19'40"N
Longitude: 7°55'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.327777777778,7.9180555555556

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Malachite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Malachite ()*
Millerite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Opal ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar
Kaolinite Malachite Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Stibnite Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite Ullmannite

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	1	61606	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	372	313	1	61603	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	372	313	1	61603	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	372	313	1	61603	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	372	313	1	61603	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	372	313	1	61603	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	372	313	1	61603	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	372	248	2	61603,61606	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	372	313	1	61603	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	372	313	1	61603	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	372	313	1	61603	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	372	313	1	61603	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	372	313	1	61603	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	372	313	1	61603	30554
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	372	313	1	61603	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	372	313	1	61603	1066
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	372	313	1	61603	633
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	354	248	1	61606	2994
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	372	313	1	61603	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	372	248	3	61603,61605,61606	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	372	313	1	61603	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	372	313	1	61603	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	372	248	2	61603,61606	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	372	313	1	61603	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	372	313	1	61603	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	372	248	2	61603,61606	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	354	248	1	61606	456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	372	313	1	61603	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	372	313	1	61603	293

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	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
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)
Ni-00003	372	352	362	U-Th-Pb			Ni, Cu	34250	Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Ramsbeck I-Holzappel	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Ni-00004	367	313	340	U-Pb			Ni, Cu	34250	Holzappel Mine, Holzappel, Laurenburg, Diez, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Ramsbeck I-Holzappel	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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