Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 26740
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26740.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zilsdorf, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arensberg
Döhmberg
Kahlenberg

Latitude: 50°16'27"N
Longitude: 6°44'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.274166666667,6.7472222222222

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Artinite	Baryte	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite
Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gyrolite	Hydrotalcite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Tobermorite	Tridymite

Analcime ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Artinite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Gonnardite ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*
Leucite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Offretite ()*	Opal ()*	Periclase ()*
Perovskite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*
Schüllerite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Tacharanite ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Vaterite ()*	Vésigniéite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Aragonite Artinite Baryte Beryl Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite
Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Cristobalite Ettringite Feldspar Gyrolite Hydrotalcite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Spinel Thomsonite Tobermorite Tridymite

45 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
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	354	248	1	61753	1627
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	1	61753	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61753	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	354	248	1	61753	75
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	354	248	2	61754,61755	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	1	61753	11547
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	354	248	1	61753	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61753	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	354	248	1	61753	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	1	61753	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	354	248	1	61755	1008
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61755	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61753	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	354	248	1	61755	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	354	248	1	61755	1188
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	354	248	1	61753	167
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	354	248	1	61753	142
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61755	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	354	248	1	61753	341
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	354	248	1	61753	87
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	354	248	2	61754,61755	233
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	1	61753	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	354	248	2	61754,61755	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	354	248	1	61753	425
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	354	248	1	61753	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	354	248	1	61753	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	354	248	2	61754,61755	884
Offretite ()*	Not in a structural group	KCaMg(Si₁₃Al₅)O₃₆·15H₂O	354	248	1	61753	146
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	354	248	1	61754	2994
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	354	248	1	61753	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	354	248	1	61755	495
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	354	248	1	61753	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	1	61753	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	1	61755	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	354	248	1	61755	598
Schüllerite ()*	None	Ba₂Ti₂Na₂Mg₂(Si₂O₇)₂O₂F₂	354	248	1	61755	5
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	354	248	1	61753	390
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	354	248	2	61754,61755	444
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	354	248	1	61753	47
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	354	248	1	61753	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	354	248	1	61753	452
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	354	248	1	61753	114
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	354	248	1	61755	458
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61753	37
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	354	248	1	61755	46

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
R060809	Arensberg, Zilsdorf, Hillesheim, Vulkaneifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	https://rruff.info/R060809

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