Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 16017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Berlepsch Mine
Leopoldshall

Latitude: 51°50'26"N
Longitude: 11°36'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.840555555556,11.606388888889

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.

Aphthitalite	Boracite	Carnallite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Kieserite	Langbeinite	None	Not in a structural group	Picromerite
Rinneite	Rocksalt

Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Bischofite ()*	Boracite ()*	Carnallite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Erythrosiderite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Kainite ()*
Kaliborite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Langbeinite ()*	Leonite ()*	Löweite ()*
Picromerite ()*	Pinnoite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Rinneite ()*	Sylvite ()*
Tachyhydrite ()*	Vanthoffite ()*

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 Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Boracite Carnallite Epsomite Gypsum Kieserite Langbeinite None Not in a structural group Picromerite
Rinneite Rocksalt

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	63475	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	63474	77
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	2	63474,63475	42
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	2	63474,63475	57
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	63475	132
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	63475	484
Erythrosiderite ()*	None	K₂Fe³⁺Cl₅·H₂O	0		7
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	63475	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	63475	1398
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	1	63475	50
Kaliborite ()*	None	KHMg₂B₁₂O₁₆(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	1	63475	8
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	2	63474,63475	80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	1	63474	43
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	63475	24
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	1	63474	28
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	63475	44
Pinnoite ()*	None	MgB₂O(OH)₆	1	63475	13
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	63475	102
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	0		20
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	63475	275
Tachyhydrite ()*	None	CaMg₂Cl₆·12H₂O	0		16
Vanthoffite ()*	None	Na₆Mg(SO₄)₄	1	63474	16

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050317	Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R050317
R050353	Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R050353
R070292	Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R070292
R070291	Leopoldshall, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R070291
R100021	Leopoldshall, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R100021
R100022	Leopoldshall, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R100022

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