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:
Lüneburger Kalkberg, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 1836
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1836.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lüneburger Kalkberg, Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°14'56"N
Longitude: 10°23'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.248888888889,10.396388888889

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.

Alunite	Boracite	Calcite	Corundum	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	None	Not in a structural group	Palmierite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sulphur	Syngenite

Anhydrite ()*	Boracite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroglauberite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kalistrontite ()*
Koenenite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Syngenite ()*	Thénardite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Boracite Calcite Corundum Gypsum Lepidocrocite None Not in a structural group Palmierite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur Syngenite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	57
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydroglauberite ()*	None	Na₁₀Ca₃(SO₄)₈·6H₂O	16
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kalistrontite ()*	Palmierite	K₂Sr(SO₄)₂	11
Koenenite ()*	None	Na₄Mg₉Al₄Cl₁₂(OH)₂₂	12
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	223
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	44
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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