Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Aggtelek, Aggteleki Mts, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary

mindat Locality ID: 188416
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188416.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aggtelek, Aggteleki Mts, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hungary": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Baradla Cave
Kápolna–1
Szőlő Hill

Latitude: 48°28'18"N
Longitude: 20°29'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.471666666667,20.495277777778

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Taranakite

Anatase ()*	Ardealite ()*	Bassanite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Brushite ()*
Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Monetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nordstrandite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Taranakite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica None Not in a structural group
Quartz Rhabdophane Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Taranakite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	64911,64912	2162
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	64910	30
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	2	64911,64912	82
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	64912	195
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	64910	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	64910	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	64912	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	64910,64911,64912	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	64910	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	64910,64911,64912	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	64910,64911,64912	5591
Monetite ()*	None	Ca(PO₃OH)	1	64910	21
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	64911,64912	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	64910,64911,64912	17380
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	2	64911,64912	64
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	64910	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	64911,64912	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	64912	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	64912	6417
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	1	64910	57

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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