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Locality Name:
Limestone Caves, Cerna Valley, Hunedoara, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 211300
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211300.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Limestone Caves, Cerna Valley, Hunedoara, Romania": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Aburi Cave
Adam Cave
Adam Shaft
Bîrzoni Cave
Despicặturặ Cave
Great Sălitrari Cave
Hercule Mining Gallery
Hercules Cave
Sălitrari 1 Cave
Sălitrari 2 Cave

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluminiteApatiteAragoniteCalciteChalcanthiteClayEpsomiteGypsumHalotrichiteKaolinite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSulphurTamarugiteTaranakite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Apjohnite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Ardealite  (*)Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Darapskite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Monohydrocalcite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nitratine  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Taranakite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O078
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Apjohnite  (*)HalotrichiteMn2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O028
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Ardealite  (*)GypsumCa2(PO3OH)(SO4)·4H2O030
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O1101221104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2101219,10122227770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1101225925
Darapskite  (*)NoneNa3(SO4)(NO3)·H2O031
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11012212740
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O6101219,101221,101222,101223,101225,1012266890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH2101219,101221367
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O055
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)091
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O087
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O057
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301


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