Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Boracite	Calcite	Carnallite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Gypsum	Kieserite
Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rinneite	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boracite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Koenenite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rinneite ()*	Rokühnite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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:
Aragonite Baryte Boracite Calcite Carnallite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Gypsum Kieserite
Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rinneite Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59950	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	59950,59957,59964	11547
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	3	59952,59958,59971	57
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	59950,59957,59963,59966	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	2	59958,59960	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	59963	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	59966	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	59957	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	59950,59966	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	59960	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	59966	14640
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	1	59958	50
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	59952	80
Koenenite ()*	None	Na₄Mg₉Al₄Cl₁₂(OH)₂₂	1	59962	12
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	59950	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	59964	1508
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	59950,59963	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	59966	61156
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	3	59952,59958,59960	20
Rokühnite ()*	None	FeCl₂·2H₂O	3	59952,59958,59960	4
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	59950,59963,59964,59966	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	59966	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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