Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Peștera Vântului (Wind Cave), Șuncuiuș Clay Mine, Pădurea Craiului Mountains, Bihor, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 259196
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259196.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Peștera Vântului (Wind Cave), Șuncuiuș Clay Mine, Pădurea Craiului Mountains, Bihor, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°56'21"N
Longitude: 22°32'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.939166666667,22.543611111111

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.

Braunite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	None	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel

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 Ba Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Braunite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite None Quartz Rutile
Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Birnessite ()*	Braunite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*
Todorokite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	178
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	483
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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