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Locality Name:
Cerna Valley, Hunedoara, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 211307
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211307.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cerna Valley, Hunedoara, Romania": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Limestone Caves

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluminiteApatiteAragoniteCalciteChalcanthiteClayEpsomiteGypsumHalotrichiteKaolinite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzSulphurTamarugiteTaranakite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Apjohnite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Ardealite  (*)Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Darapskite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Monohydrocalcite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nitratine  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Taranakite  (*)Variscite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O110121878
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61101218966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11012181588
Apjohnite  (*)HalotrichiteMn2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O110121828
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11012183250
Ardealite  (*)GypsumCa2(PO3OH)(SO4)·4H2O110121830
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O2101218,101221104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3101218,101219,10122227770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2101218,101225925
Darapskite  (*)NoneNa3(SO4)(NO3)·H2O110121831
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1101218484
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2101218,1012212740
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O7101218,101219,101221,101222,101223,101225,1012266890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1101218409
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH3101218,101219,101221367
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411012185591
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O110121855
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110121817380
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)110121891
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O1101218265
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110121861156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11012182045
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O110121887
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O110121857
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1101218301


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