Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 1901
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1901.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aschersleben
Bernburg
Egeln
Stassfurt

Latitude: 51°50'44"N
Longitude: 11°30'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.845555555556,11.506111111111

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	Aphthitalite	Atacamite	Baryte	Blödite	Boracite	Carnallite	Chalcanthite	Clay	Corundum
Covellite	Danburite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kieserite	Langbeinite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Picromerite	Pyrite	Rinneite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Sulphur	Syngenite

Amesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Avdoninite ()*	Bischofite ()*
Blödite ()*	Boracite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Celestine ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*
Covellite ()*	Danburite ()*	Douglasite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Ericaite ()*
Erythrosiderite ()*	Fletcherite ()*	Gillardite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hydroboracite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kainite ()*	Kaliborite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Koenenite ()*	Langbeinite ()*
Leonite ()*	Löweite ()*	Pentahydrite ()*	Picromerite ()*	Pinnoite ()*
Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rinneite ()*	Sellaite ()*
Sulfoborite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Syngenite ()*	Szaibélyite ()*
Tachyhydrite ()*	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: Al B Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Sr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aphthitalite Atacamite Baryte Blödite Boracite Carnallite Chalcanthite Clay Corundum
Covellite Danburite Epsomite Gypsum Hexahydrite Kieserite Langbeinite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Picromerite Pyrite Rinneite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Spinel Sulphur Syngenite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	1	63470	74
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	5	63464,63467,63470,63471,63475	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	2	63472,63474	77
Avdoninite ()*	None	K₂Cu₅Cl₈(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	63467	5
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	4	63462,63470,63474,63475	42
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	2	63470,63472	130
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	8	63463,63466,63467,63470,63471,63472,63474,63475	57
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	6	63464,63466,63470,63471,63473,63475	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	63467,63471	1252
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	63464	43
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	63464,63467	4165
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	0		148
Douglasite ()*	None	K₂Fe²⁺Cl₄·2H₂O	1	63472	3
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	3	63470,63473,63475	484
Ericaite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl	0		7
Erythrosiderite ()*	None	K₂Fe³⁺Cl₅·H₂O	1	63473	7
Fletcherite ()*	Spinel	CuNi₂S₄	2	63464,63467	13
Gillardite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃NiCl₂(OH)₆	1	63467	3
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	2	63471,63472	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	63470,63475	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	8	63463,63464,63466,63467,63470,63471,63472,63475	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	63470	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	63470	251
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O	1	63470	42
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	63467	2228
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	5	63463,63464,63470,63471,63475	50
Kaliborite ()*	None	KHMg₂B₁₂O₁₆(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	2	63463,63475	8
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	5	63470,63471,63473,63474,63475	80
Koenenite ()*	None	Na₄Mg₉Al₄Cl₁₂(OH)₂₂	0		12
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	2	63466,63474	43
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	4	63470,63471,63473,63475	24
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	1	63474	28
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	63470	32
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	3	63462,63470,63475	44
Pinnoite ()*	None	MgB₂O(OH)₆	4	63462,63463,63473,63475	13
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	2	63470,63475	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	63467,63470	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	63470	9056
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	1	63473	20
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	0		46
Sulfoborite ()*	None	Mg₃[B(OH)₄]₂(SO₄)(OH,F)₂	1	63471	10
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	63470	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	5	63463,63467,63470,63471,63475	275
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	1	63470	44
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	2	63463,63470	87
Tachyhydrite ()*	None	CaMg₂Cl₆·12H₂O	2	63470,63473	16
Vanthoffite ()*	None	Na₆Mg(SO₄)₄	1	63474	16

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060990	Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R060990
R070317	Douglashall, Westeregeln, Egeln, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R070317
R050317	Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R050317
R050353	Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R050353
R070292	Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R070292
R070291	Leopoldshall, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R070291
R100021	Leopoldshall, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R100021
R100022	Leopoldshall, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany	https://rruff.info/R100022

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