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:
Varna Province, Bulgaria

mindat Locality ID: 127023
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127023.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Varna Province, Bulgaria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cape Kaliakra
Provadia (Provadija)
Varna

Latitude: 43°23'43"N
Longitude: 28°3'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.395277777778,28.051388888889

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.

Allophane	Calcite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: C Ca Fe H Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Alabandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Mogánite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	29131	312
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	29128	27770
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	29129	43
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	29131	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	29131	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	29129	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	29131	1711

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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