Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Giesen, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 221958
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221958.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giesen, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ahrbergen
Kirschenberg
Siegfried-Giesen Potash Works

Latitude: 52°12'59"N
Longitude: 9°52'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.216388888889,9.88

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.

Baryte	Boracite	Calcite	Carnallite	None	Rinneite	Rocksalt

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: B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Boracite Calcite Carnallite None Rinneite Rocksalt

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Boracite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Galena ()*
Kainite ()*	Rinneite ()*	Rokühnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	59957	11547
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	59958	57
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59957	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	59958	132
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	59957	24243
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	1	59958	50
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	1	59958	20
Rokühnite ()*	None	FeCl₂·2H₂O	1	59958	4

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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