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Locality Name:
Wathlingen, Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 283466
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283466.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wathlingen, Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Niedersachsen Potash Works

Latitude: 52°31'29"N
Longitude: 10°8'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.524722222222,10.137777777778

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 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AphthitaliteBoraciteCarnalliteGypsumKieseriteLangbeiniteNoneNot in a structural groupPicromeriteRinneite
RocksaltSyngenite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Aphthitalite  (*)Bischofite  (*)Boracite  (*)Carnallite  (*)
Ericaite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Kainite  (*)
Kieserite  (*)Koenenite  (*)Langbeinite  (*)Leonite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)
Picromerite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Rinneite  (*)Sanderite  (*)Sylvite  (*)
Syngenite  (*)Tachyhydrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1596951588
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)215969577
Bischofite  (*)NoneMgCl2·6H2O15969542
Boracite  (*)BoraciteMg3B7O13Cl15969557
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O159695132
Ericaite  (*)BoraciteFe2+3B7O13Cl1596957
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2159695137
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1596956890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1596951398
Kainite  (*)NoneKMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O15969550
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O15969580
Koenenite  (*)NoneNa4Mg9Al4Cl12(OH)2215969512
Langbeinite  (*)LangbeiniteK2Mg2(SO4)315969543
Leonite  (*)NoneK2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O15969524
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O159695223
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O15969544
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O159695102
Rinneite  (*)RinneiteK3NaFe2+Cl615969520
Sanderite  (*)Not in a structural groupMg(SO4)·2H2O1596954
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl159695275
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O15969544
Tachyhydrite  (*)NoneCaMg2Cl6·12H2O15969516



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