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Locality Name:
Rila Mtn (Rila Planina), Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria


mindat Locality ID: 214610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-214610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rila Mtn (Rila Planina), Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Belya Uluk
Unnamed Pegmatite
Urdini Lakes

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGarnet
MicaNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelStibniteTalc
TitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminium  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Grossular  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Margarite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminium  (*)CopperAl12893727
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18228937,289384286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1289371966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31289381935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12893827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212893827198
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4128937321
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61289364135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1289388173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31289361544
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31289385433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412893814899
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2128937168
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2228937,2893817380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2228937,289382273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212893839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212893861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21289385614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21289363337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1289364899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101289361395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31289361247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1289385251



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