Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gypsum Quarries, Hundelshausen, Großalmerode, Werra-Meißner, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 208963
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208963.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gypsum Quarries, Hundelshausen, Großalmerode, Werra-Meißner, Hesse, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corrensite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite	Sulphur	Talc

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corrensite Feldspar Gypsum Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite Sulphur Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Corrensite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O	49
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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