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Locality Name:
Opole Voivodeship, Poland


mindat Locality ID: 125472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Opole Voivodeship, Poland": 130
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 74

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Brzeg Co.
Głubczyce Co.
Kędzierzyn-Koźle Co.
Kluczbork Co.
Krapkowice Co.
Mała Panew River Alluvials
Nysa Co.
Olesno Co.
Opawskie Mts
Opole City Co.
Opole Co.
Prudnik Co.
Strzelce Co.

Latitude: 50°31'56"N
Longitude: 17°55'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.532222222222,17.923333333333

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: Ag Al Au B C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Se Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAmorphousAnalcimeAragoniteAxiniteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetGypsumKaolinite
MarcasiteMicaNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileScapoliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteSulphurTitanite
TridymiteZircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Alum-(K)  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Meionite  (*)Microcline  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Selenium  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)397616,97617,976298803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3497611,97613,97614,976292353
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O297573,9757892
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O297639,976401627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2297601,976402162
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4197640708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)297628,976883250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6297640,976752060
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2197616260
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2897571,97585,97589,97592,97600,97616,97617,97628,97629,97630,97631,97634,97639,97640,97647,97648,97650,97663,97665,97673,97674,97675,97684,97685,97687,97688,97690,9769127770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)397643,97688,976901252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2297603,9760827198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41976403902
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181976171008
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16197619599
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6297639,976404135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2397617,97634,976639895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)597603,97608,97616,97617,976298173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1976401188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS297603,9760824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)497601,97634,97640,976887437
Gold  (*)CopperAu597601,97603,97604,97608,9762930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC397603,97609,976172812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O397575,97585,976436890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1975851398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O319760114640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3497601,97603,97609,976125433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4397603,97628,976395591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4397603,97608,976101507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4797601,97603,97606,97609,97612,97628,9764014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21976345674
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)197617176
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1976174924
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1976401508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2997571,97585,97609,97616,97617,97628,97629,97639,9764017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O297639,976401236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)497640,97655,97665,97675884
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O297630,976322994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1976172349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21197571,97603,97616,97617,97628,97629,97630,97634,97647,97687,9768839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21976013106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81976179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22097570,97571,97585,97603,97604,97608,97609,97610,97612,97616,97617,97624,97628,97629,97630,97639,97665,97675,97687,9768861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2297601,976035614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)197639598
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe197617143
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)397616,97628,976296417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1976295186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS397603,97608,9762821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41976401934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)697603,97608,97609,97610,97612,97629978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1976174899
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2197675458
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4197639120
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)497601,97603,97608,976175251



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