Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rockenhausen, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 27378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rockenhausen, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hintersteinerhof
Katzenbach
Stahlberg

Latitude: 49°38'44"N
Longitude: 7°49'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.645555555556,7.8188888888889

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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay
Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Halotrichite	Harmotome	Kaolinite	Ktenasite	Löllingite
Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

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: Ag Al As Ba Br C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg I Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay
Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Halotrichite Harmotome Kaolinite Ktenasite Löllingite
Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Vivianite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*	Capgaronnite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Connellite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Eglestonite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Moschellandsbergite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Perroudite ()*
Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Rosasite ()*
Schulenbergite ()*	Shakhovite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tiemannite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	354	248	1	61369	2793
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	354	248	1	61369	1588
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	354	248	1	61372	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	1	61366	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	354	248	1	61375	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	354	248	3	61366,61371,61375	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	354	248	7	61366,61368,61369,61371,61374,61375,61376	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	354	248	1	61368	450
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	354	248	1	61369	1089
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	354	248	1	61369	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	354	248	3	61366,61369,61371	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	354	248	1	61372	91
Capgaronnite ()*	None	AgHgClS	354	248	2	61372,61376	11
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	354	248	2	61366,61369	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	354	248	1	61369	162
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	354	248	9	61368,61370,61371,61372,61373,61374,61375,61376,61377	2600
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	354	248	1	61372	295
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	354	248	1	61369	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	354	248	1	61372	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	1	61375	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	354	248	1	61366	9895
Eglestonite ()*	None	([Hg¹⁺]₂)₃OCl₃(OH)	354	248	1	61372	36
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	354	248	1	61366	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	354	248	3	61366,61368,61375	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	354	248	2	61366,61369	7437
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	354	248	2	61371,61375	409
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	354	248	1	61366	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	354	248	3	61366,61369,61372	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	1	61375	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	354	248	1	61372	593
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	354	248	1	61369	249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	2	61366,61375	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	354	248	2	61366,61375	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	354	248	1	61369	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	354	248	5	61368,61371,61372,61375,61377	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	354	248	1	61369	255
Moschellandsbergite ()*	None	Ag₂Hg₃	354	248	1	61372	24
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	354	248	1	61375	112
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	354	248	1	61369	767
Perroudite ()*	None	Ag₄Hg₅S₅(I,Br)₂Cl₂	354	248	2	61372,61376	23
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	354	248	1	61368	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	354	248	6	61366,61368,61369,61371,61375,61376	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	354	248	6	61366,61369,61371,61372,61374,61375	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	354	248	1	61369	233
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	354	248	1	61372	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	354	248	1	61372	142
Shakhovite ()*	None	Hg¹⁺₄Sb⁵⁺O₃(OH)₃	354	248	1	61372	8
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	354	248	5	61371,61372,61373,61375,61377	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	354	248	1	61366	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	354	248	2	61368,61369	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	354	248	1	61369	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	354	248	1	61369	5317
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	354	248	1	61369	83

2 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)
	Hg-00060	354	248		?-?								Capgaronnite	Hg	15198	Frischer Mut Mine (Frischemuth Mine), Stahlberg, Rockenhausen, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany		Krupp (1984); Krupp et al. (1989)

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