Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hattorf Potash Works, Phillippsthal, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 1826
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1826.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hattorf Potash Works, Phillippsthal, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°50'24"N
Longitude: 9°58'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.84,9.9766666666667

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Blödite	Calcite	Carnallite	Corundum	Epsomite	Gypsum	Kieserite
Langbeinite	None	Not in a structural group	Picromerite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rinneite	Rocksalt	Sulphur	Syngenite

Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bischofite ()*	Blödite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Erythrosiderite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kainite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Langbeinite ()*	Leonite ()*	Löweite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Picromerite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rinneite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Syngenite ()*
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: C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Aragonite Baryte Blödite Calcite Carnallite Corundum Epsomite Gypsum Kieserite
Langbeinite None Not in a structural group Picromerite Pyrite Quartz Rinneite Rocksalt Sulphur Syngenite

31 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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	42
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Erythrosiderite ()*	None	K₂Fe³⁺Cl₅·H₂O	7
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	50
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	43
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	24
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	28
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	223
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	44
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	20
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	44
Vanthoffite ()*	None	Na₆Mg(SO₄)₄	16

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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