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Locality Name:
Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 60346
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60346.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Lüneburger Heide
Lüneburger Kalkberg
Mediaeval Sewers
Schildstein
Volgershall

Latitude: 53°14'49"N
Longitude: 10°23'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.246944444444,10.39
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: Al B C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg N Na O P S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBoraciteCalciteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGypsumLepidocrociteNone
Not in a structural groupPalmieritePyriteQuartzRocksaltStruviteSulphurSyngeniteTitaniteTourmaline

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Boracite  (*)Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroglauberite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kalistrontite  (*)Koenenite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Lüneburgite  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Struvite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)Syngenite  (*)
Thénardite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)259980,599821588
Boracite  (*)BoraciteMg3B7O13Cl259980,5998257
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O159981104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15998027770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21599809895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1599798173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O259980,599826890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1599801398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315998014640
Hydroglauberite  (*)NoneNa10Ca3(SO4)8·6H2O15998016
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61599802228
Kalistrontite  (*)PalmieriteK2Sr(SO4)215998011
Koenenite  (*)NoneNa4Mg9Al4Cl12(OH)2215998012
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)159980581
Lüneburgite  (*)NoneMg3[B2(OH)6(PO4)2]·6H2O15998314
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O159980223
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1599762349
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O159980102
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215998039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215998061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1599782705
Struvite  (*)Struvite(NH4)Mg(PO4)·6H2O15998130
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1599802045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl159980275
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O15998044
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)159980299
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1599754899


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060009Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R060009

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