Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sibiu, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 132312
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132312.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sibiu, Romania": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Făgăraș Mts
Lotru-Cibin Mts
Ocna Sibiului (Vizakna; Salzburg)
Sibiu

Latitude: 46°4'0"N
Longitude: 23°34'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.066666666667,23.583055555556

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Beryl	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Hureaulite	Iron	Lawsonite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wagnerite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chromite ()*
Columbite-(Mg) ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrisicklerite ()*
Fersmite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Halite ()*	Heterosite ()*
Hureaulite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lawsonite ()*
Lithiophilite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Purpurite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sicklerite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tavorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Triphylite ()*	Troilite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wolfeite ()*

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 Be Ca Ce Cl Cr F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P S Si Sn Ta Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Beryl Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Hureaulite Iron Lawsonite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Staurolite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Vivianite Wagnerite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	101372	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	101370	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	101372	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	101372	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	101368,101375	3902
Columbite-(Mg) ()*	Columbite	MgNb₂O₆	1	101372	8
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	101375	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	101372	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	101368	8173
Ferrisicklerite ()*	Olivine	Li_1-x(Fe³⁺,Mn²⁺)(PO₄)	1	101372	108
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	1	101372	83
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	101372	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	101375	1188
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	101373	1398
Heterosite ()*	Olivine	Fe³⁺(PO₄)	1	101372	204
Hureaulite ()*	Hureaulite	Mn²⁺₅(PO₃OH)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	101372	125
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	101372	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	101375	1089
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	4	101367,101368,101370,101372	1507
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	101368	121
Lithiophilite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	1	101372	155
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	101375	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	101372	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	101372	17380
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)	1	101372	80
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	101372	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	101368,101372	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	101372	2705
Sicklerite ()*	Olivine	LiMn²⁺(PO₄)	1	101372	66
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	101372	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	101372	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	101372	688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	3	101368,101370,101372	978
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	101375	703
Tavorite ()*	None	LiFe³⁺(PO₄)(OH)	1	101372	35
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	101372	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	101372	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	101369,101370	2562
Triphylite ()*	Olivine	LiFe²⁺(PO₄)	1	101372	313
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	101375	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	101372	2718
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	101372	636
Wolfeite ()*	Wagnerite	Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	101372	43

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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