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Locality Name:
Bistrița-Năsăud, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 192599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bistrița-Năsăud, Romania": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rodna Mtn (Rodnei Mtn)

Latitude: 47°24'56"N
Longitude: 24°46'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.415555555556,24.776666666667
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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBournoniteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetGypsumKaoliniteMica
NickelineNoneOlivinePicromeritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelSyngeniteTaranakiteWollastoniteZircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Alunite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinoenstatite  (*)Cymrite  (*)Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Konyaite  (*)Leonite  (*)
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pargasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Syngenite  (*)Taranakite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Thénardite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311010552353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61101051966
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211010513092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21101055356
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11010551036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11010513250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11010509052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611010552060
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O1101056178
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32101050,1010531089
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1101055483
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O2101051,101056104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6101049,101050,101051,101053,101055,10105627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22101050,10105527198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811010551756
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6110105594
Cymrite  (*)NoneBa(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O110105046
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41101051651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611010554135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22101051,1010559895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11010558173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1101055371
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3101050,101053,10105524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2101051,1010557437
Graphite  (*)NoneC11010502812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2101051,1010566890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61101055741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32101051,10105514640
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6110105165
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH2101051,101056367
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611010512228
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O6110105573
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43101051,101055,1010565591
Konyaite  (*)PicromeriteNa2Mg(SO4)2·5H2O110105620
Leonite  (*)NoneK2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O110105624
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2110105580
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42101050,10105514899
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O1101056223
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23101051,101055,10105617380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11010552349
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21101055313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211010552273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24101050,101051,101053,10105539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811010509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24101050,101053,101055,10105661156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O1101049177
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11010551711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1101055969
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11010556417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2110105592
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311010551214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2101050,10105521482
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O110105644
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O110105657
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1101055240
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1101056299
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1101049433
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2110105573
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311010551247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11010555251


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