Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Siegfried-Giesen Potash Works, Giesen, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 15734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Siegfried-Giesen Potash Works, Giesen, Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rössing-Barnten Shaft

Latitude: 52°12'13"N
Longitude: 9°52'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.203611111111,9.8805555555556

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	None	Rinneite

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Boracite Carnallite None Rinneite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Boracite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Kainite ()*	Rinneite ()*	Rokühnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	57
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	132
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	50
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	20
Rokühnite ()*	None	FeCl₂·2H₂O	4

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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