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Locality Name:
Brandenburg, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 68013
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68013.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brandenburg, Germany": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bad Freienwalde
Doberlug-Kirchhain
Eberswalde-Finow
Eisenhüttenstadt
Fürstenburg
Großräschen
Königs Wusterhausen
Lübbenau
Neruppin
Niederlausitz
Rüdersdorf
Spremberg-Graustein
Trebbin

Latitude: 52°19'59"N
Longitude: 13°40'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.333055555556,13.670555555556

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Se Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluminiteApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCeriteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopiapite
CopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpsomiteFeldsparGarnet
GypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteIronKaoliniteKieseriteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMica
MilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteStarkeyiteTetrahedriteTourmalineWurtzite

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Aluminite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Eucairite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Klockmannite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Schapbachite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3258954,589572353
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O15894978
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1589751588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1589759052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15897511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41589755516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)358949,58957,5897427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1589741252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1589755707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2258974,5897527198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8158954577
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl258971,58977203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4358959,58971,589773902
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe158975281
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O158949382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS258974,589754165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1589751027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16158975300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21589749895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4158975910
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O158949484
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe15897554
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15897524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)258949,589747437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15897530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O458949,58957,58969,589746890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1589741398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O158974409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3358954,58974,5897514640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O158949251
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4158975142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31589775433
Iron  (*)IronFe258959,589711089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3158959191
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4358949,58951,589745591
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se615897563
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)158949581
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4158975249
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4258949,5895914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215897412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2258974,589755674
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7358959,58971,58977230
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1589751066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2258949,5895117380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se158975192
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1589542349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81589771512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2458949,58954,58974,5897539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8258965,589759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2458951,58962,58969,5897461156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O158974177
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O358949,58957,58974293
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl158949105
Schapbachite  (*)RocksaltAg0.4Pb0.2Bi0.4S15897514
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)258954,589652705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)258949,589746417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1589755186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS358965,58974,5897521482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS158975332
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O158949139
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)358959,58971,58977703
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131589751803
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi258959,58971116
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS358959,58971,589771044



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