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Locality Name:
Swabia, Bavaria, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 14.79
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14.39

mindat Locality ID: 67748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-67748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Swabia, Bavaria, Germany": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Allgäu
Amerdingen
Donauwörth
Marktoffingen
Möttingen
Nördlingen
Otting
Polsingen
Schönenberg Meteorite

Latitude: 48°37'51"N
Longitude: 10°33'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.630833333333,10.556388888889

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 B C Ca Cr Fe H Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeBaddeleyiteCalciteCorundumCristobaliteDiamondGadoliniteGypsumIronMarcasite
NatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinel
TitaniteVivianiteZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Akaogiite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chaoite  (*)Chromite  (*)Coesite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Daubréelite  (*)Diamond  (*)Enstatite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Laumontite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mesolite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Oldhamite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Sinoite  (*)Stishovite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Titanite  (*)Troilite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akaogiite  (*)BaddeleyiteTiO2258447,584593
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS158431312
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O258443,584441627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21584372162
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)358437,58443,5844427770
Chaoite  (*)NoneC14.7914.391584535
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41584613902
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO2358458,58459,5846077
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2158460453
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)158443498
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S4258431,58432157
Diamond  (*)DiamondC358447,58459,58460697
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6258431,58432944
Graphite  (*)NoneC14.7914.39658431,58432,58447,58453,58459,584602812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1584506890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315846014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3358447,58459,584605433
Iron  (*)IronFe358431,58432,584611089
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1584431271
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21584375674
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O258443,58444425
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O258443,584441236
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS258431,5843258
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2258443,584441898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215843739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215843761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO214.7914.39458447,58453,58459,584605614
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P358431,58432,58461374
Sinoite  (*)NoneSi2N2O1584319
Stishovite  (*)RutileSiO2258458,5845926
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)158461703
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O358447,58459,584604899
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS358431,58432,584611044
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O158434636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)14.7914.391584535251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0038Rampart crater


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
Michelle_003814.7914.3914.59 ± 0.20Ar-ArAge of meteorite fallk-feldspar     1872Möttingen, Swabia, Bavaria, GermanyMöttingenBuchner et al. (2010)10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01046.xMPS45_662Chaoite occured in graphite bearing gneiss that had undergone shock metamorphism. Date reflects age of impact.


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