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:
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 23834
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23834.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ilten
Lehrte
Misburg
Müllingen
Northen
Springe
Stemmen
Wunstorf

Latitude: 52°21'41"N
Longitude: 9°50'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.361388888889,9.8375

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Boracite	Calcite	Carnallite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kieserite	Langbeinite
Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Picromerite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Syngenite

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boracite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnallite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kainite ()*
Kieserite ()*	Koenenite ()*	Langbeinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Picromerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*
Syngenite ()*	Szaibélyite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Boracite Calcite Carnallite Diaspore Gypsum Kieserite Langbeinite
Marcasite None Not in a structural group Picromerite Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Syngenite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	59742	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	59731,59739	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	59727,59735	11547
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	3	59728,59729,59742	57
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	59725,59727,59731,59735,59739	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	2	59728,59729	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	3	59725,59735,59737	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	59735	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	59739	197
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	59739	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	59739	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	59727,59728,59733	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	59728,59742	1398
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	59733	2228
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	1	59729	50
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	59729	80
Koenenite ()*	None	Na₄Mg₉Al₄Cl₁₂(OH)₂₂	1	59728	12
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	1	59729	43
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	59725,59731,59743	5674
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	59728	44
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	59725,59727,59729	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	59727	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	59735	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	59729	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	2	59728,59729	275
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	2	59728,59742	44
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	1	59729	87

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070152	Hansa Mine, Lehrte, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany	https://rruff.info/R070152

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