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:
Georgsmarienhütte, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 280710
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280710.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Georgsmarienhütte, Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Iron Smelter Slag Locality

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Aphthitalite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Brucite	Calcite	Diaspore	Ettringite	Gypsum
Hydrotalcite	Iron	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sulphur	Tobermorite

Ammoniojarosite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Diopside ()*	Ettringite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrocalumite ()*
Iron ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*	Merwinite ()*	Mullite ()*
Norsethite ()*	Pyrochroite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riversideite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Thaumasite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mg Mn N O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aphthitalite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Brucite Calcite Diaspore Ettringite Gypsum
Hydrotalcite Iron Lepidocrocite Malachite None Pyroxene Quartz Sulphur Tobermorite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ammoniojarosite ()*	Alunite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	59995	30
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59995	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	59995	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	59995	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59995	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	59995	4135
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	1	59995	93
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	59995	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	59995	6890
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O	1	59995	30
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	59995	1089
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	59995	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	59995	12537
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	1	59995	23
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	59995	78
Norsethite ()*	None	BaMg(CO₃)₂	1	59995	30
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂	1	59995	56
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	59995	61156
Riversideite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	59995	5
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	59995	2045
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	59995	183

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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