Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vâlcea, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 132314
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132314.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vâlcea, Romania": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Costeşti
Ocnele Mari
Olanesti
Valea Lui Stan
Valea Românilor

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Uytenbogaardtite
Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Auricupride ()*
Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ikunolite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mogánite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*
Wittichenite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cd Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Uytenbogaardtite
Wurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	101403	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	101400	3092
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	101400	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	101400,101403	9052
Auricupride ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Cu₃Au	1	101403	24
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	101403	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	101400	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	101400	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	101403	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	101400,101403	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	101403	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	101403	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	101400,101403	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	101403	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	101403	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	101400	802
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	101400,101403	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	101403	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	101400,101403	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	101400	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	101403	14640
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	1	101400	54
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	101403	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	101400	784
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	101405	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	101400,101403	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	101403	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	101400,101403	5674
Mogánite ()*	None	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	101400	43
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	101400,101403	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	101400,101403	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	101400,101403	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	101400	374
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	101403	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	101400	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	101400,101403	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	101405	1934
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	101400,101403	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	101400,101403	5317
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	1	101400	46
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	101400	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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