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Locality Name:
Basalt Quarry, Racoş (Racoşu De Jos), Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely; Oderhellen), Harghita, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 210415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basalt Quarry, Racoş (Racoşu De Jos), Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely; Oderhellen), 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
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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBerylBrownmilleriteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayCorundum
CristobaliteEttringiteFeldsparGarnetGismondineGypsumHumiteHydrotalciteLévyneMelilite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRutileSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteTitaniteTobermoriteTridymiteWollastoniteWöhlerite

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Brownmillerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Charlesite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Diopside  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Kilchoanite  (*)Larnite  (*)
Lévyne-Ca  (*)Magnetite  (*)Okenite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)
Plombièrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Rankinite  (*)Reinhardbraunsite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Strätlingite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Vaterite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O041
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O7050
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)0161
Brownmillerite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+AlO5021
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O0310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Charlesite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)2B(OH)4(OH,O)12·26H2O09
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl0203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F4067
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O093
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O70114
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O0128
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O030
Kilchoanite  (*)NoneCa6(SiO4)(Si3O10)09
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)048
Lévyne-Ca  (*)LévyneCa3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O042
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O071
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O60303
Plombièrite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O)028
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O0177
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O7025
Reinhardbraunsite  (*)HumiteCa5(SiO4)2(OH)209
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Strätlingite  (*)NoneCa2Al(Si,Al)2O2(OH)10·2.25H2O011
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O0183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)0114
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20458
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)037
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O0652
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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