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Locality Name:
Sântimbru-Băi, Harghita, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 193306
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193306.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sântimbru-Băi, Harghita, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

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.

Alunite	Arsenolite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Dufrénite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz	Tourmaline

Arsenolite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dravite ()*
Dufrénite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Goethite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pararealgar ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Quenstedtite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderotil ()*	Stibnite ()*
Topaz ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 B Ba Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P S Sb Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba Ca Ce F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P S Sb Si Sr Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenolite Baryte Chalcanthite Clay Corundum Diaspore Dufrénite Gypsum Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Orpiment Palygorskite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Topaz Tourmaline

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	231
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	481
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	139
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	73
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	255
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	511
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Quenstedtite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·11H₂O	17
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	84
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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