Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 23335
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23335.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Eiterköpfe
Karmelenberg
Wannenköpfe Quarry

Latitude: 50°21'39"N
Longitude: 7°24'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.360833333333,7.4083333333333

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite
Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Melilite	Mica	Milarite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pseudobrookite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Scapolite	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Topaz	Tridymite
Volborthite	Wagnerite	Zircon

Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gehlenite ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jeremejevite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Meionite ()*	Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nosean ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhönite ()*	Roedderite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sodalite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tridymite ()*
Volborthite ()*	Wagnerite ()*	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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti V Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Corundum Cristobalite
Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Melilite Mica Milarite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pseudobrookite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Scapolite Sodalite Spinel Titanite Topaz Tridymite
Volborthite Wagnerite Zircon

48 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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	2	61472,61473	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	354	248	1	61473	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61473	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	248	3	61471,61472,61473	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	2	61471,61473	27770
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	354	248	1	61473	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	354	248	1	61473	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	248	2	61472,61473	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61473	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	354	248	1	61473	944
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	354	248	1	61473	371
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	354	248	1	61473	84
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	2	61472,61473	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	354	248	2	61471,61473	1188
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	354	248	1	61473	114
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	354	248	1	61473	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	1	61473	6890
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	354	248	2	61471,61472	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	3	61471,61472,61473	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	354	248	1	61473	5433
Jeremejevite ()*	None	Al₆(BO₃)₅F₃	354	248	1	61473	15
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	354	248	1	61473	179
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	248	3	61471,61472,61473	233
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	1	61473	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	1	61473	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	354	248	1	61471	176
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	354	248	1	61473	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	1	61473	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	3	61471,61472,61473	884
Nosean ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₈(Si₆Al₆)O₂₄(SO₄)·H₂O	354	248	2	61471,61473	75
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	1	61473	2349
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	354	248	1	61473	42
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61473	2273
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	354	248	3	61471,61472,61473	164
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	2	61472,61473	61156
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	354	248	3	61471,61472,61473	47
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	354	248	1	61473	30
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	354	248	1	61473	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	3	61471,61472,61473	598
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	354	248	1	61473	1516
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	354	248	1	61473	444
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	354	248	1	61473	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	354	248	2	61471,61473	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	354	248	1	61473	1476
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	248	3	61471,61472,61473	458
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	354	248	1	61473	155
Wagnerite ()*	Wagnerite	Mg₂(PO₄)F	354	248	1	61473	61
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	354	248	1	61473	5251

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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