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Locality Name:
Bad Harzburg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 20122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bad Harzburg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Baste Valley
Bündheim
Harzburg Forest
Huneberg Quarry
Kaltes Valley
Oker Valley
Radau Valley
Schmalenberg Cliff
Spitzenberg Mines
Tiefenbach Valley Slag Locality

Latitude: 51°51'25"N
Longitude: 10°32'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.856944444444,10.546666666667
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 As Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenic
ArseniosideriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteAxiniteBaryteBerylBrookiteBruciteCalciteCaledonite
ChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubanite
DiasporeDundasiteEpidoteFeldsparFerrieriteGadoliniteGarnetGismondineGypsumHumite
IlvaiteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeliliteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNatroliteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePharmacosideritePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteRocksaltRutileSerpentineSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStilbiteTalc
TetradymiteTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteTourmalineVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

137 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)
Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Baryte  (*)Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chondrodite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dundasite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Ferrierite-Mg  (*)
Ferro-gedrite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Gadolinite-(Ce)  (*)Galena  (*)Gedrite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Gismondine  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kimzeyite  (*)Langite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lazarenkoite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mesolite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Periclase  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Schorlomite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stibarsen  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Stilbite-Na  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2359762,59767,597713419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)159771254
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)459762,59767,59771,597778803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)259767,59771706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31597712353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O359762,59771,597741627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2559762,59766,59769,59771,597772162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3259762,597711534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1597621588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21597623092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O159762445
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1597711036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4159771708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1597623250
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2159771295
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O159771194
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3159771231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS359762,59767,597719052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61597712060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6159771919
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2259762,59771260
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)215977088
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15976211547
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2159771700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2159771462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)659762,59766,59767,59769,59771,5977727770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6159764359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1597714979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O159762310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2459762,59767,59769,5977127198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2159771285
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O259762,597713531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4259767,59771951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8359762,59769,597711756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)259762,597711025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS259767,59771966
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18259771,597761008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31597711797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1597714165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3259767,59771802
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)259762,59771498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61597714135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2259762,597719895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)159771648
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O15977197
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6159771944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)559762,59766,59767,59771,597748173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O259762,59771814
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)359771,59776,59777371
Ferrierite-Mg  (*)Ferrierite[Mg2(K,Na)2Ca0.5](Si29Al7)O72·18H2O15976234
Ferro-gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)215976211
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2159771271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F259767,597712740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O159771303
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)259763,597711188
Gadolinite-(Ce)  (*)GadoliniteCe2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)215977131
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS359762,59767,5977124243
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2259776,59777178
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7159771114
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O159762128
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)259762,597717437
Gold  (*)CopperAu259767,5977130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1597712812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS159771717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3559762,59766,59771,59776,597771544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O259762,597716890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6159771741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3259762,5977114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O259762,597711689
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O159771103
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH159771367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61597711066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3459763,59767,59771,597775433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)159777197
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61597712228
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O15977199
Kimzeyite  (*)GarnetCa3Zr2(SiAl2)O1215977117
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O159762593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O259762,597711271
Lazarenkoite  (*)NoneCaFe3+As3+3O7·3H2O1597713
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2259762,59771762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4559762,59767,59771,59776,5977714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2259762,5977112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)159771770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2259767,597715674
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O159771425
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)359762,59767,597714924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1597621066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1597711107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2259767,597715800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1597711508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2259767,5977117380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O259762,597711236
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs159762633
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)359762,59766,597712349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS159762767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O159771124
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8259767,597711512
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO159771114
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O159771428
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)159762260
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6159771303
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)159771140
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2359762,59767,597711898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2759762,59767,59769,59771,59774,59776,5977739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2259762,597713106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1597621725
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3159771341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8559762,59767,59771,59776,597779056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2859762,59766,59767,59769,59770,59771,59774,5977661156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1597711711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)159771969
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te4259767,5977164
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2259767,597715614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2159771317
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)259762,597712705
Schorlomite  (*)GarnetCa3Ti2(SiFe3+2)O1215977154
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1597711153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1597626417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3159762531
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31597711214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS359762,59767,5977121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4459763,59771,59776,597771934
Stibarsen  (*)ArsenicSbAs15977148
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O259762,59771268
Stilbite-Na  (*)StilbiteNa9(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O15976215
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21597713337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131597625317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O159762452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O259767,597714899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O159771433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21597712562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10259766,597711395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O159777636
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31597711247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)259767,597715251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)359762,59766,597711025


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
K-65Kaltes Valley, Bad Harzburg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germanyhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-251-to-fkm-275/#K-65

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