Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 24933
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24933.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Adelebsen
Emmenhausen
Güntersen
Hoher Hagen
Jühnde
Reyershausen

Latitude: 51°34'49"N
Longitude: 9°49'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.580277777778,9.8216666666667

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Apophyllite	Baryte	Boracite	Calcite	Carnallite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Ettringite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Gyrolite	Hilgardite	Marcasite	Mica
Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Thomsonite	Tridymite

Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Boracite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnallite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hilgardite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lüneburgite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Nontronite ()*	Okenite ()*	Opal ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Strontioginorite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tacharanite ()*	Tachyhydrite ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Apophyllite Baryte Boracite Calcite Carnallite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Corundum Diaspore Ettringite Fluorite Gypsum Gyrolite Hilgardite Marcasite Mica
Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Thomsonite Tridymite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	59707	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	59718	1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	59711	708
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	59718	57
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	59707,59709,59715	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	59718	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	3	59709,59716,59718	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	59707,59709	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	59711	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	59718	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	59711	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	59709,59715,59718	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	59707	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	59707	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	59718	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	59707	7437
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	59707	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	59709,59718	6890
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	59707	142
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	59718	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	59709,59718	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	59711	407
Hilgardite ()*	Hilgardite	Ca₂B₅O₉Cl·H₂O	1	59718	13
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	59711	5433
Lüneburgite ()*	None	Mg₃[B₂(OH)₆(PO₄)₂]·6H₂O	1	59718	14
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	59718	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	59707,59711,59718	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	59709	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	59707	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	59718	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	59707	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	59711	884
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	59707,59713	471
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	1	59707	71
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	59707	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	59707	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	59707,59709,59718	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	59707	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	59709,59718	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	59709	21482
Strontioginorite ()*	None	CaSrB₁₄O₂₀(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	59718	5
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	59718	275
Tacharanite ()*	None	Ca₁₂Al₂Si₁₈O₃₃(OH)₃₆	1	59707	47
Tachyhydrite ()*	None	CaMg₂Cl₆·12H₂O	1	59718	16
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	59707	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	59707	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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