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Locality Name:
Volyně, Strakonice District, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic


mindat Locality ID: 216879
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216879.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Volyně, Strakonice District, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Malenice
Nihošovice

Latitude: 49°8'29"N
Longitude: 13°52'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.141388888889,13.879444444444

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 Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayGarnetHumiteNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTitaniteVesuvianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31474732353
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14747427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1474744979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214747427198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2147474285
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61474744135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14747424243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31474741544
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1474741689
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O147474306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214747439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214747461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14747421482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1474744899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101474741395



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