Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Niedersachsen Potash Works, Wathlingen, Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 1822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niedersachsen Potash Works, Wathlingen, Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°31'29"N
Longitude: 10°8'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.524722222222,10.137777777778

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	Gypsum	Kieserite	Langbeinite	None	Not in a structural group	Picromerite	Rinneite
Rocksalt	Syngenite

Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Bischofite ()*	Boracite ()*	Carnallite ()*
Ericaite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Kainite ()*
Kieserite ()*	Koenenite ()*	Langbeinite ()*	Leonite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Picromerite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Rinneite ()*	Sanderite ()*	Sylvite ()*
Syngenite ()*	Tachyhydrite ()*

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 B Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S

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

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

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	77
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	42
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	57
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	132
Ericaite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl	7
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	50
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	80
Koenenite ()*	None	Na₄Mg₉Al₄Cl₁₂(OH)₂₂	12
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	43
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	24
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	223
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	44
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	102
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	20
Sanderite ()*	Not in a structural group	Mg(SO₄)·2H₂O	4
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	44
Tachyhydrite ()*	None	CaMg₂Cl₆·12H₂O	16

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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