Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 22867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22867.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bad Essen
Belm
Georgsmarienhütte
Hasbergen
Piesberg Quarry
Rulle
Schleptrup
Wallenhorst
Westerberg

Latitude: 52°19'50"N
Longitude: 8°6'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.330555555556,8.11

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum
Diaspore	Ettringite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Iron	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tobermorite

Ammoniojarosite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocalumite ()*
Iron ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Merwinite ()*
Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Norsethite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrochroite ()*
Quartz ()*	Riversideite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Thaumasite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aphthitalite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum
Diaspore Ettringite Fluorite Gypsum Hydrotalcite Iron Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Tobermorite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ammoniojarosite ()*	Alunite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	59995	30
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	59998	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	4	59995,59998,59999,60003	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	59998	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	59998	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	59995,59997,59998,59999	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	59995	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	59995,59997,59998,60000	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	59997,59998,59999	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	59997,59999,60000,60001	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	59995	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	59998,60000,60001,60003	9895
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	1	59995	93
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	60000	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	59997,59998,59999	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	59995,59997,59999	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	59995,59999,60001	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	59997,59999,60000,60004	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	59998	1689
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O	1	59995	30
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	59995	1089
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	59995	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	59995,59997,59998	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	59998,59999	5674
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	1	59995	23
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	59995	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	59999	17380
Norsethite ()*	None	BaMg(CO₃)₂	1	59995	30
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	59993,59997,59999,60001,60003	39462
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂	1	59995	56
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	59995,59998,59999,60000,60001,60003	61156
Riversideite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	59995	5
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	59999,60003	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	59997,59998	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	59997,59998,59999,60001,60003	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	59995	2045
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	59995	183

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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