Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pietroasa, Bihor, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 108129
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108129.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pietroasa, Bihor, Romania": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pestera Din Valea Rea
U Deposit

Latitude: 46°37'59"N
Longitude: 22°40'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.633055555556,22.683055555556

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.

Aragonite	Autunite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum
Humite	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt
Serpentine	Spinel	Vivianite	Wavellite

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bobierrite ()*	Brucite ()*
Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kotoite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Periclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Suanite ()*	Szaibélyite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P S Si Sr U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca F Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Autunite Baryte Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum
Humite Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Ludwigite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt
Serpentine Spinel Vivianite Wavellite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	101044	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	101044	3250
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	101045	1272
Bobierrite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	101044	17
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	0		462
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	101044	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	101044	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	101044	1252
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	0		285
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	101044	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	101044	9895
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	0		52
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	101044	6890
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	101044	341
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	101044	5591
Kotoite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)₂	0		20
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	0		581
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		359
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	0		134
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	101044	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	101044	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	101045	443
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	101044	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	101044	112
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	101044	114
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	101044	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	101044	1711
Suanite ()*	None	Mg₂B₂O₅	0		16
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	0		87
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	101045	1059
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	101044	636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	101044	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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