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Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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(Stassfurt, Stassfurter Kalisalzlagerstätte, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland)


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Mineral List:
  		•  Anhydrite
    CaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [C. Zinken (1865) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 310; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 427.]
    Site Photo
    Leopoldshall, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
    © Kristalle and Crys
  		•  Aphthitalite
    (K,Na)
     
    3
    		Na(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 447.]
  		•  Bischofite (TL)
    MgCl
     
    2
    		 · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Leopoldshall, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
    Reference: [C. Ochsenius (1877): Die Bildung der Steinsalzlager und ihrer Mutterlaugensalze unter specieller Berücksichtigung der Flötze von Douglashall in der Egeln´schen Mulde.- Halle, Verlag Pfeffer, 172 p.; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 47.]
    Site Photo
    Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
    © Thomas Witzke
  		•  Boracite
    Mg
     
    3
    		[Cl|B
     
    7
    		O
     
    13
    		]
    Reference: [Naumann, Zirkel: "Elemente der Mineralogie", 13th Ed., 1898; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 380.]
    Site Photo
    Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
    © Volker Betz
  		•  Carnallite (TL)
    KMgCl
     
    3
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
    Reference: [Palache, Berman & Frondel (1951) Dana's System of Mineralogy, 7th ed., vol. II: 94; Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001]
  		•  Epsomite
    MgSO
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 512; Naumann, Zirkel: "Elemente der Mineralogie", 13th Ed., 1898]
  		•  Erythrosiderite
    K
     
    2
    		[Fe
    3+
     
    		Cl
     
    5
    		(OH
     
    2
    		)]
    Description: Occurs as an efflorescence on rinneite.
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 102.]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [C. Zinken (1865) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 310]
  		•  Halite
    NaCl
    Reference: [C. Zinken (1865) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 310; Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Seventh edition, Volume II, John Wiley & Sons, New York: 5.]
    Site Photo
    Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  Kainite (TL)
    KMg[Cl|SO
     
    4
    		] · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Leopoldshall, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
    Reference: [C. Zinken (1865) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 310; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 380.]
  		•  Kaliborite
    KMg
     
    2
    		H[B
     
    6
    		O
     
    8
    		(OH)
     
    5
    		]
     
    2
    		(H
     
    2
    		O)
     
    4
    Reference: [Luedecke, O. (1891): Über Heintzit, ein neues Borat von Leopoldshall.- Z. Kryst. 18, 481-485; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 368.]
  		•  Kieserite (TL)
    MgSO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
    Reference: [Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index", p360]
  		•  Langbeinite
    K
     
    2
    		Mg
     
    2
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    Reference: [Dana 6:A3:14,43,46; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 430, 447; Zr. Kr. (1911): 50: 139.]
  		•  Leonite
    K
     
    2
    		Mg(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·4H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 451.]
  		•  Löweite
    Na
     
    12
    		Mg
     
    7
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    13
    Reference: [Dana 6:A3:14,43,46; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 430, 447; Zr. Kr. (1911): 50: 139.]
  		•  Picromerite
    K
     
    2
    		Mg(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Naumann, Zirkel: "Elemente der Mineralogie", 13th Ed., 1898]
  		•  Pinnoite (TL)
    Mg[B
     
    2
    		O(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    Type Locality: Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
    Reference: [Milch, L. (1891): Über ein neues krystallisiertes Borat von Stassfurt.- Z. Kryst. 18, 478-480; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 334-335. ]
    Site Photo
    Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
    © Thomas Witzke
  		•  Polyhalite
    K
     
    2
    		Ca
     
    2
    		Mg(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    		·2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [C. Zinken (1865) Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, 310]
  		•  Rinneite
    K
     
    3
    		Na[FeCl
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 102.]
  		•  Sylvite
    KCl
    Reference: [Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Seventh edition, Volume II, John Wiley & Sons, New York: 8.]
  		•  Tachyhydrite (TL)
    CaMg
     
    2
    		Cl
     
    6
    		·12H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
    Reference: [Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 95; Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001]
  		•  Vanthoffite
    Na
     
    6
    		Mg(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    4
    Reference: [Dana 6:A3:14,43,46; Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 430; Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig (1911): 50: 139.]
    Site Photo
    Berlepsch Mine, Stassfurt, Stassfurt Potash deposit, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
    © Thomas Witzke


    22 entries listed. 22 valid minerals. 6 type localities (valid minerals).

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    • Saxony-Anhalt
      • Stassfurt Potash deposit
        • Stassfurt

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