Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Katzenelnbogen, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 267978
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-267978.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Katzenelnbogen, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Rindsberg Mine
Zollhaus Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Beraunite	Calcite	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Turquoise
Wavellite

Aragonite ()*	Beraunite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Strengite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Vantasselite ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O P Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Beraunite Calcite Corundum Diaspore None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Turquoise
Wavellite

13 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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61618	3250
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	354	248	1	61618	136
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	354	248	1	61618	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61618	27770
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	1	61618	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	1	61618	14640
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	354	248	1	61618	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	1	61618	61156
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	1	61618	263
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	354	248	1	61618	484
Vantasselite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃·9H₂O	354	248	1	61618	5
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	354	248	1	61618	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	354	248	1	61618	374

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)

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