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Locality Name:
Tarthun, Egeln, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 282290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tarthun, Egeln, Stassfurt Potash Deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Brefeld

Latitude: 51°55'12"N
Longitude: 11°28'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.92,11.483055555556

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 Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BlöditeBoraciteCarnalliteChalcanthiteClayCorundumEpsomiteGypsumHexahydriteKieserite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPicromeritePyriteRocksaltSerpentineSulphurSyngenite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Amesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Bischofite  (*)Blödite  (*)Boracite  (*)
Carnallite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hexahydrite  (*)Hydroboracite  (*)Kainite  (*)Kieserite  (*)Leonite  (*)
Pentahydrite  (*)Picromerite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)Syngenite  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)Tachyhydrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)416347074
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1634701588
Bischofite  (*)NoneMgCl2·6H2O16347042
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O163470130
Boracite  (*)BoraciteMg3B7O13Cl16347057
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O163470132
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O163470484
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1634706890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1634701398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316347014640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O163470251
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O16347042
Kainite  (*)NoneKMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O16347050
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O16347080
Leonite  (*)NoneK2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O16347024
Pentahydrite  (*)ChalcanthiteMg(SO4)·5H2O16347032
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O16347044
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O163470102
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216347039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81634709056
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1634702045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl163470275
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O16347044
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)16347087
Tachyhydrite  (*)NoneCaMg2Cl6·12H2O16347016



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