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Locality Name:
Arensberg, Zilsdorf, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 5931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arensberg, Zilsdorf, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°17'21"N
Longitude: 6°43'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.289166666667,6.7319444444444

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAragoniteArtiniteBaryteBruciteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayEttringite
GyroliteHydrotalciteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteRocksaltSerpentineSmectite-vermiculite
ThomsoniteTobermorite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Artinite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Gonnardite  (*)Gyrolite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Lizardite  (*)
Mesolite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Offretite  (*)Periclase  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Tacharanite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Vaterite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O35424801627
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43542480708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)35424803250
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O354248075
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)354248011547
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)23542480462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)354248027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O3542480310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2354248027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235424809895
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O3542480167
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O3542480142
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O3542480341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4354248087
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43542480359
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O3542480425
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O35424801508
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O35424801236
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O3542480146
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO3542480114
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)235424801898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2354248039462
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O3542480390
Tacharanite  (*)NoneCa12Al2Si18O33(OH)36354248047
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O3542480183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O3542480452
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)3542480114
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)354248037



1 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
Hg-00059354248 ?-?    YesCinnabar, Corderoite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Moschellandsbergite, Perroudite, Poyarkovite, Shakhovite, Tiemannite, EglestoniteHg14243Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)   


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060809Arensberg, Zilsdorf, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R060809


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