Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bigadiç, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

mindat Locality ID: 25728
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25728.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bigadiç, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Arkagünevi Deposit
Avsar Mine
Beğendikler Deposit
Bigadiç Mine
Çamköy
Faraşköy (Faraş)
Günevi Mines
Iskeleköy (Iskele)
Mezarbaşı Deposit
Öngünevi Deposit
Salmanlı Deposit
Simav Mine
Tülü Mine
Yeniköy Mine

Latitude: 39°23'59"N
Longitude: 28°7'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.399722222222,28.133055555556

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Colemanite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Howlite ()*
Hydroboracite ()*	Inyoite ()*	Meyerhofferite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Priceite ()*	Probertite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rivadavite ()*	Tertschite ()*	Tunellite ()*	Ulexite ()*

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 As B C Ca H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Mg O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Gadolinite Gypsum Mica None
Not in a structural group Orpiment Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	116656	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	116656	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	116656,116658,116662	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	116656	1252
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	15	116653,116655,116656,116657,116659,116660,116662,116663,116665,116666,116667,116668,116669,116670,116671	144
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	116662	498
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	116656,116662,116665,116667	6890
Howlite ()*	None	Ca₂SiB₅O₉(OH)₅	2	116656,116662	36
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O	5	116653,116656,116660,116663,116667	42
Inyoite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·4H₂O	3	116656,116660,116665	34
Meyerhofferite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O	8	116656,116657,116658,116660,116662,116663,116665,116669	23
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	116656	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	116656,116662	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	116656,116662	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	0		511
Priceite ()*	None	Ca₂B₅O₇(OH)₅·H₂O	5	116656,116662,116666,116669,116671	33
Probertite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₇(OH)₄·3H₂O	4	116653,116656,116663,116667	29
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	116656	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0		712
Rivadavite ()*	None	Na₆Mg[B₆O₇(OH)₆]₄·10H₂O	1	116656	4
Tertschite ()*	None	Ca₄B₁₀O₁₉·20H₂O	2	116656,116662	2
Tunellite ()*	None	SrB₆O₉(OH)₂·3H₂O	4	116653,116656,116663,116667	12
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	12	116653,116655,116656,116657,116660,116662,116663,116665,116667,116669,116670,116671	160

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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