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:
Covasna, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 210412
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210412.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Covasna, Romania": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Alungeni (Futásfalva)
Árkos (Arcuş)
Baraolt
Bixad
Bodoc (Sepsibodok)
Covasna (Kovászna)
Magyarhermány (Herculian)
Málnás
Ozsdola (Ojdula)
Turia (Torja)

Latitude: 46°1'2"N
Longitude: 25°49'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.017222222222,25.826111111111

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	Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenolite	Brownmillerite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Kieserite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Perovskite	Phosphosiderite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Spinel	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Titanite	Tridymite	Vivianite

Aragonite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Claudetite ()*	Diopside ()*
Enstatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kolbeckite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pararealgar ()*	Perovskite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Realgar ()*	Rozenite ()*
Siderite ()*	Srebrodolskite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Szomolnokite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tridymite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg O P S Sc Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Arsenolite Brownmillerite Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Gypsum
Kaolinite Kieserite Marcasite Melanterite Mica None Perovskite Phosphosiderite Pseudobrookite Pyrite
Pyroxene Spinel Starkeyite Sulphur Titanite Tridymite Vivianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	101159	3250
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	101155	231
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	101152,101155,101157	27770
Claudetite ()*	None	As₂O₃	1	101155	35
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	101154	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	101154	944
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	101153	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	101150,101152	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	101154,101158	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	101154	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	101152,101153	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	101152	5591
Kolbeckite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Sc(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	101154	26
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	101154	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	101152	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	101152	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	101152	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	101158	2994
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	1	101157	57
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	101154	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	101154	2273
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	1	101154	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	101152	39462
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	101155,101157	712
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	101153	293
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	101152,101153	6417
Srebrodolskite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₂O₅	1	101154	25
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	101162	2045
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	1	101152	139
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	101154	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	101154	458
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	101152	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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