Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 204866
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204866.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°19'59"N
Longitude: 7°14'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.333055555556,7.2491666666667

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.

Brownmillerite	Chabazite	Ettringite	Feldspar	Hydrotalcite	Mayenite	Melilite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Perovskite	Rocksalt	Spurrite-Afwillite	Thomsonite	Tridymite	Wollastonite

Åkermanite ()*	Bellbergite ()*	Brownmillerite ()*	Calcio-olivine ()*	Chlormayenite ()*
Ettringite ()*	Flörkeite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Jasmundite ()*
Kalsilite ()*	Kuzelite ()*	Lakargiite ()*	Larnite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Periclase ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Spurrite ()*	Srebrodolskite ()*
Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Vapnikite ()*	Vertumnite ()*	Willhendersonite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Ye'elimite ()*

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr U Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brownmillerite Chabazite Ettringite Feldspar Hydrotalcite Mayenite Melilite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Perovskite Rocksalt Spurrite-Afwillite Thomsonite Tridymite Wollastonite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	354	248	50
Bellbergite ()*	None	(K,Ba,Sr)₂Sr₂Ca₂(Ca,Na)₄(Si,Al)₃₆O₇₂·30H₂O	354	248	3
Brownmillerite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺AlO₅	354	248	21
Calcio-olivine ()*	Olivine	Ca₂(SiO₄)	354	248	8
Chlormayenite ()*	Mayenite	Ca₁₂Al₁₄O₃₂[ ₄Cl₂]	354	248	19
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	354	248	93
Flörkeite ()*	None	(K₃Ca₂Na)[Al₈Si₈O₃₂]·12H₂O	354	248	6
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	354	248	114
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	354	248	341
Jasmundite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₁₁O₂(SiO₄)₄S	354	248	6
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	354	248	49
Kuzelite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(SO₄)·6H₂O	354	248	4
Lakargiite ()*	Perovskite	CaZrO₃	354	248	10
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	354	248	48
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	884
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	354	248	114
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	354	248	9056
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	598
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	354	248	54
Srebrodolskite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₂O₅	354	248	25
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	354	248	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	354	248	452
Vapnikite ()*	Perovskite	Ca₂CaUO₆	354	248	3
Vertumnite ()*	None	Ca₄Al₄Si₄O₆(OH)₂₄·3H₂O	354	248	8
Willhendersonite ()*	Chabazite	KCa(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂·5H₂O	354	248	12
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	354	248	1247
Ye'elimite ()*	None	Ca₄Al₆O₁₂(SO₄)	354	248	11

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
R141068	Seekante, Mayener Feld, Southern Lava Flow, Bellerberg Volcano, Mayen, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	https://rruff.info/R141068

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