Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Prague, Czech Republic

mindat Locality ID: 146268
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146268.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prague, Czech Republic": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bohnice
Červený Vrch
Ďáblice
Hloubětín
Kosoř
Nebušice
Trója
Zbraslav
Zličín District

Latitude: 50°3'30"N
Longitude: 14°24'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.058333333333,14.416111111111

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Malachite	Marcasite
Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Destinezite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pickeringite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Slavíkite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite Malachite Marcasite
Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	47278,47286	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	47278	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	47277,47280	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	47278,47290	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	47278,47284,47290,47291	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	47286,47288	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	47277	3531
Destinezite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	1	47282	19
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	1	47292	107
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	47284,47290	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	47278,47282	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	47277,47280,47286,47288	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	47290	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	47282	1066
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	47287	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	47282,47290,47292	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	47290	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	47278,47284,47290,47291	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	47278	6417
Slavíkite ()*	Not in a structural group	(H₃O)₃Mg₆Fe₁₅(SO₄)₂₁(OH)₁₈·98H₂O	1	47287	44
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	47290	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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