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Locality Name:
Sirok, Mátra Mts, Heves, Hungary


mindat Locality ID: 132346
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132346.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sirok, Mátra Mts, Heves, Hungary": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Darnó Hill
Hosszú Valley

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

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: Al C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidote
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSpinel

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21653743419
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21653743092
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61653742060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21653745509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)265374,6537527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1653745707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2265374,6537627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41653743902
Copper  (*)CopperCu265374,653763846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1653744165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1653742970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)365374,65375,653768173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16537424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1653747437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316537414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31653745433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O265374,653751271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2265374,6537512537
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6165374303
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2265374,653761898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2265374,6537639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1653741725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2265374,6537661156
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21653742562



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