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Locality Name:
Somoskőújfalu, Karancs-Medves Mts, Nógrád, Hungary


mindat Locality ID: 132387
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132387.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Somoskőújfalu, Karancs-Medves Mts, Nógrád, Hungary": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dobogó Hill
Eresztvény
Gubó Kő
Karancs Hill

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: Ag C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeEpsomiteGypsumHexahydrite
MarcasiteNickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1654722734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21654723092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)265469,654703250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6265469,654702060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)265470,6547227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216547227198
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O165471484
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1654701188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12165472663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16547224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1654727437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1654726890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316547214640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O165471251
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61654722228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416547014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21654725674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2265470,6547239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21654723106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81654709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216547261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1654726417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16547221482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4165472586



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