Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 354
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.317

mindat Locality ID: 132246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Auf Dem Tommel
Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental)
Giesenheld Quarry
Giesenheld Summit
Mäuseberg Quarry
Mäuseberg Summit
Quarry 1
Quarry 2
Quarry 3
Rockeskyller Kopf (Kyller Kopf) Summit

Latitude: 50°15'17"N
Longitude: 6°40'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.254722222222,6.6758333333333

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scapolite	Smectite-vermiculite
Sodalite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*
Andradite ()*	Annite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaersutite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meionite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*	Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Schorlomite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sodalite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Vishnevite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scapolite Smectite-vermiculite
Sodalite Spinel Staurolite Titanite Tridymite Zircon

50 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
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	0.661	0.317	1	61713	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0.661	0.317	1	61713	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0.661	0.317	1	61713	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	0.661	0.317	1	61713	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	354	0.317	2	61713,61721	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	354	0.317	2	61713,61716	1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0.661	0.317	1	61713	356
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	0.317	1	61714	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	0.317	7	61713,61714,61716,61718,61719,61720,61721	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	0.317	4	61713,61714,61719,61721	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0.661	0.317	1	61713	1025
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	0.661	0.317	1	61713	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0.661	0.317	1	61713	1797
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	0.661	0.317	1	61713	231
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0.661	0.317	1	61713	944
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0.661	0.317	1	61713	38
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0.661	0.317	1	61713	54
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	0.317	7	61713,61714,61716,61718,61719,61720,61721	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	354	0.317	2	61716,61719	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	0.317	1	61714	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	0.661	0.317	1	61713	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	0.317	1	61716	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	0.661	0.317	1	61713	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0.661	0.317	1	61713	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0.661	0.317	1	61713	2228
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	0.661	0.317	1	61713	179
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	0.317	5	61714,61716,61718,61719,61720	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	0.317	7	61713,61714,61716,61718,61719,61720,61721	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	0.661	0.317	1	61713	176
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	354	0.317	2	61713,61714	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0.661	0.317	1	61713	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	0.317	6	61714,61716,61718,61719,61720,61721	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	0.661	0.317	1	61713	75
Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Pyrochlore	Ca₂Nb₂O₆O	0.661	0.317	1	61713	11
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	354	0.317	6	61713,61716,61718,61719,61720,61721	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	354	0.317	3	61713,61716,61719	2273
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	0.661	0.317	1	61713	303
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	354	0.317	1	61716	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	0.317	3	61713,61719,61720	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0.661	0.317	1	61713	148
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0.661	0.317	1	61713	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	0.317	3	61713,61718,61720	598
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	0.661	0.317	1	61713	54
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0.661	0.317	1	61713	1516
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	354	0.317	4	61716,61718,61719,61720	444
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0.661	0.317	1	61713	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	0.317	2	61713,61716	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	0.317	2	61719,61720	458
Vishnevite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Cancrinite	Na₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.661	0.317	1	61713	21
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0.661	0.317	1	61713	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000566	MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.
Jen_0000567	MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.
Jen_0000568	MAGMATIC STYLE: Diatreme filled with tuffisite amongst which are spheroidal, cored carbonatite lapilli. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Xenoliths of calcite-bearing vishnevite syenite and phonolite and sanidine megacrysts.

4 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)
Jen_0000566	0.5	0.5	0.5	K-Ar				105701	Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Auf Dickel	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000567	0.397	0.317	0.357±0.04	K-Ar				105701	Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Auf Dickel	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000568	0.661	0.601	0.631±0.03	K-Ar				105701	Auf Dickel (incl. Nonnental), Rockeskyll Volcanic Complex, Rockeskyll, Gerolstein, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Auf Dickel	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

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