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Locality Name:
Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 24107
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24107.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peine, Lower Saxony, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Desdemona Mine
Emilie Mine (Bülten-Adenstedt Mine)
Hoheneggelsen Clay Pit
Peine Mines (Peine I Mine; Peine II Mine)

Latitude: 52°0'51"N
Longitude: 9°47'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.014166666667,9.7891666666667

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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeBaryteCalciteDiasporeGypsumHeulanditeMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OxalatePyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chlorocalcite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Groutite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Nsutite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ramsdellite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tachyhydrite  (*)
Whewellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1600131627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21600132162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)360013,60014,6001511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)360013,60014,6001527770
Chlorocalcite  (*)NoneKCaCl31600123
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21600139895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1600137437
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)16001372
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1600136890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1600121398
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4160013350
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O160013246
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2160013234
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)160013770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2260013,600145674
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x160013121
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260013,6001439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21600133106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8260013,600159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216001361156
Ramsdellite  (*)RamsdelliteMnO216001388
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1600131711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1600136417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260013,6001421482
Tachyhydrite  (*)NoneCaMg2Cl6·12H2O16001216
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O16001466



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