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:
Merkers-Kieselbach, Thuringia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 283971
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283971.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Merkers-Kieselbach, Thuringia, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kaiseroda Mine
Merkers

Latitude: 50°49'22"N
Longitude: 10°7'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.822777777778,10.119444444444

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.

Aphthitalite	Blödite	Boracite	Carnallite	Clay	Kieserite	Langbeinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Rinneite	Rocksalt	Talc

Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Bischofite ()*	Blödite ()*	Boracite ()*
Carnallite ()*	Halite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Langbeinite ()*
Leonite ()*	Löweite ()*	Lüneburgite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polyhalite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rinneite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Talc ()*

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 P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Blödite Boracite Carnallite Clay Kieserite Langbeinite Mica None Not in a structural group
Quartz Rinneite Rocksalt Talc

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	63714	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	63714	77
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	1	63714	42
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	63714	130
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	63714	57
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	63714	132
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	63714	1398
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	1	63714	50
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	63714	80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	1	63714	43
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	63714	24
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	1	63714	28
Lüneburgite ()*	None	Mg₃[B₂(OH)₆(PO₄)₂]·6H₂O	1	63714	14
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	63714	17380
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	63714	102
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	63714	61156
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	1	63714	20
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	63714	275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	63714	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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