Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bleicherode, Thuringia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 31396
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31396.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bleicherode, Thuringia, Germany": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bischofferode Potash Works (Thomas Müntzer Potash Works)
Bleicherode Potash Works (Karl Liebknecht Potash Works)
Menteroda
Sollstedt Potash Works (Karl Marx Potash Works)
Wolkramshausen

Latitude: 51°26'21"N
Longitude: 10°34'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.439166666667,10.571388888889

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.

Boracite	Carnallite	Danburite	Gypsum	Kieserite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rinneite	Rocksalt
Rutile

Anhydrite ()*	Boracite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Congolite ()*	Danburite ()*
Ericaite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Polyhalite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rinneite ()*	Sellaite ()*	Sylvite ()*

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: B Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Ca F Fe Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Boracite Carnallite Danburite Gypsum Kieserite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rinneite Rocksalt
Rutile

14 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	63570	1588
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	63569	57
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	5	63569,63570,63573,63574,63575	132
Congolite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	63569	6
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	0		148
Ericaite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	63569	7
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	63570,63573	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	63570,63573	1398
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	63570	80
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	63570	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	2	63574,63575	20
Sellaite ()*	Rutile	MgF₂	0		46
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	4	63570,63573,63574,63575	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130476	Bischofferode Potash Works (Thomas Müntzer Potash Works), Bleicherode, Thuringia, Germany	https://rruff.info/R130476

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