Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Bad Marienberg, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 50095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bad Marienberg, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lautzenbrücken
Victoria Mine
Wildsachsen

Latitude: 50°40'18"N
Longitude: 7°57'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.671666666667,7.9508333333333

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Diaspore	Harmotome	Natrolite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Wavellite

Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Harmotome ()*
Kidwellite ()*	Manganite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Diaspore Harmotome Natrolite None Quartz Rutile Wavellite

14 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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61780	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	2	61779,61781	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61780	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	2	61780,61781	7437
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	354	248	1	61779	290
Kidwellite ()*	None	NaFe³⁺_9+x(PO₄)₆(OH)₁₁·3H₂O (x ≈ 0.33)	354	248	1	61783	53
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	354	248	1	61780	770
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	354	248	1	61779	1236
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	354	248	1	61780	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	1	61780	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	354	248	1	61780	1711
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	354	248	1	61779	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	354	248	1	61783	6417
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	354	248	1	61783	374

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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