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Locality Name:
Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 13527
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13527.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kohnstein Quarry, Niedersachswerfen, Nordhausen, Harz, Thuringia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°32'29"N
Longitude: 10°45'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.541388888889,10.756944444444

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: B C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteEpsomiteGypsumMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteSulphurWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Heidornite  (*)Howlite  (*)
Hydroboracite  (*)Jarandolite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Priceite  (*)
Probertite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontioginorite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tuzlaite  (*)Ulexite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Heidornite  (*)NoneNa2Ca3B5O8(SO4)2(OH)2Cl02
Howlite  (*)NoneCa2SiB5O9(OH)5036
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O042
Jarandolite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)302
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O0102
Priceite  (*)NoneCa2B5O7(OH)5·H2O033
Probertite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O029
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Strontioginorite  (*)NoneCaSrB14O20(OH)6·5H2O05
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tuzlaite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O8(OH)2·3H2O02
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O0160
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372



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