Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nitra Region, Slovakia

mindat Locality ID: 131166
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131166.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nitra Region, Slovakia": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Levice Co.
Nitra Co.
Tribeč Mountain
Zlaté Moravce Co.

Latitude: 48°21'58"N
Longitude: 18°24'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.366111111111,18.411944444444

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte
Beryl	Brackebuschite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Malachite	Mica	Monazite
Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Tridymite
Vivianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

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 As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte
Beryl Brackebuschite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Cristobalite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Lazulite Malachite Mica Monazite
Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Tridymite
Vivianite Wollastonite Zircon

74 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Ankerite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Crandallite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Erythrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goedkenite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaersutite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Romanèchite ()*
Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tridymite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	105551	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	105551	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	105548,105551,105556	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	105551	470
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	105551	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	105551	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	105549,105559,105564	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	105551,105569	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	105548	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	105569	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	105557,105558,105561,105562,105563,105571,105572,105574	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	105569	1966
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	1	105551	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	105549,105551,105552,105556,105563,105564,105570,105573	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	105569	5171
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	105548	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	105551,105569	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	5	105551,105562,105563,105564,105574	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	105569	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	105573	1008
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	105561	310
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	105551	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	105551,105569	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	105569	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	105573	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	105569	814
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	105569	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	105549,105551	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	105551,105569,105574	24243
Goedkenite ()*	Brackebuschite	Sr₂Al(PO₄)₂(OH)	2	105561,105573	3
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	105551,105569	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	105551,105573	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	5	105558,105561,105562,105572,105573	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	3	105558,105561,105573	173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	105551	6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	105551	52
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	105551	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	11	105556,105557,105561,105562,105563,105564,105565,105569,105572,105573,105574	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	105548,105551	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	105551,105573	2228
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	105548	179
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	105549,105551	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	105552	1271
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	11	105557,105558,105561,105562,105563,105564,105565,105566,105572,105573,105574	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	105551	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	105551,105569	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	105551	770
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	105569	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	105548,105551	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	2	105551,105552	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	9	105548,105549,105551,105558,105561,105562,105569,105573,105574	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	7	105546,105547,105548,105549,105550,105551,105554	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	105551	511
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	105569	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	105551,105563,105569,105573	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	105551	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17	105547,105548,105550,105551,105552,105556,105557,105558,105561,105562,105563,105564,105565,105569,105572,105573,105574	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	105551	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	105551	969
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	105551	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	105551,105558,105569	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	105565,105569,105573	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	105551,105569	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	105551	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	105551,105574	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	105551	3418
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	105558	105
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	105563,105573	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	105551	276
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	105551	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	105551,105569	5317
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	105551	458
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	105569	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	105551,105558,105569	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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