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Locality Name:
Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 23996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Algermissen
Diekholzen Potash Works
Giesen
Salzdetfurth Potash Works
Sarstedt
Schellerten
Sehnde

Latitude: 52°12'48"N
Longitude: 9°56'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.213333333333,9.9438888888889

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBoraciteCalciteCarnalliteChalcopyriteClayCorundumGypsumKieserite
MarcasiteNonePyriteQuartzRinneiteRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boracite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnallite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kainite  (*)Kieserite  (*)Koenenite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rinneite  (*)Rokühnite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1599503250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)359950,59957,5996411547
Boracite  (*)BoraciteMg3B7O13Cl359952,59958,5997157
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)459950,59957,59963,5996627770
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O259958,59960132
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1599631252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215996627198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15995724243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O259950,599666890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1599601398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315996614640
Kainite  (*)NoneKMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O15995850
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O15995280
Koenenite  (*)NoneNa4Mg9Al4Cl12(OH)2215996212
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21599505674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1599641508
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2259950,5996339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215996661156
Rinneite  (*)RinneiteK3NaFe2+Cl6359952,59958,5996020
Rokühnite  (*)NoneFeCl2·2H2O359952,59958,599604
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)459950,59963,59964,599666417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15996621482



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