Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Phillippsthal, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 284149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Phillippsthal, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

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

Latitude: 50°50'24"N
Longitude: 9°58'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.84,9.9763888888889

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Blödite	Calcite	Carnallite	Corundum	Epsomite	Gypsum	Kieserite
Langbeinite	None	Not in a structural group	Picromerite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rinneite	Rocksalt	Sulphur	Syngenite

Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bischofite ()*	Blödite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Erythrosiderite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kainite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Langbeinite ()*	Leonite ()*	Löweite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Picromerite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rinneite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*	Syngenite ()*
Vanthoffite ()*

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: C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Aragonite Baryte Blödite Calcite Carnallite Corundum Epsomite Gypsum Kieserite
Langbeinite None Not in a structural group Picromerite Pyrite Quartz Rinneite Rocksalt Sulphur Syngenite

31 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	59092	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	59092	77
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59092	3250
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	1	59092	42
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	59092	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	59092	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	59092	132
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	59092	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	59092	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	59092	484
Erythrosiderite ()*	None	K₂Fe³⁺Cl₅·H₂O	1	59092	7
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	59092	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	59092	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	59092	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	59092	14640
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	1	59092	50
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	59092	80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	1	59092	43
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	59092	24
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	1	59092	28
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	59092	1487
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	59092	223
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	59092	44
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	59092	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	59092	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	59092	61156
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	1	59092	20
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	59092	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	59092	275
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	1	59092	44
Vanthoffite ()*	None	Na₆Mg(SO₄)₄	1	59092	16

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...