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:
Bramburg Quarry, Adelebsen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 1788
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1788.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bramburg Quarry, Adelebsen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°36'10"N
Longitude: 9°44'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.602777777778,9.7427777777778

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Apophyllite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Ettringite	Gyrolite
Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Goethite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Okenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Tacharanite ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Apophyllite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Ettringite Gyrolite
Natrolite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Thomsonite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	167
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	142
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	471
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	71
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	47
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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