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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

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: 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: 
AphthitaliteBoraciteCarnalliteGypsumKieseriteLangbeiniteNoneNot in a structural groupPicromeriteRinneite
RocksaltSyngenite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Aphthitalite  (*)Bischofite  (*)Boracite  (*)Carnallite  (*)
Ericaite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Kainite  (*)
Kieserite  (*)Koenenite  (*)Langbeinite  (*)Leonite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)
Picromerite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Rinneite  (*)Sanderite  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Syngenite  (*)Tachyhydrite  (*)
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
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)2077
Bischofite  (*)NoneMgCl2·6H2O042
Boracite  (*)BoraciteMg3B7O13Cl057
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O0132
Ericaite  (*)BoraciteFe2+3B7O13Cl07
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)20137
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Kainite  (*)NoneKMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O050
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O080
Koenenite  (*)NoneNa4Mg9Al4Cl12(OH)22012
Langbeinite  (*)LangbeiniteK2Mg2(SO4)3043
Leonite  (*)NoneK2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O024
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O0223
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O044
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O0102
Rinneite  (*)RinneiteK3NaFe2+Cl6020
Sanderite  (*)Not in a structural groupMg(SO4)·2H2O04
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl0275
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O044
Tachyhydrite  (*)NoneCaMg2Cl6·12H2O016



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