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:
Merkers, Merkers-Kieselbach, Thuringia, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 36091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Merkers, Merkers-Kieselbach, Thuringia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°49'30"N
Longitude: 10°6'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.825,10.116388888889

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

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

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...