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Locality Name:
Lotru-Cibin Mts, Sibiu, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 217371
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217371.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lotru-Cibin Mts, Sibiu, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Contu-Negovanu Pegmatite Field

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 Be Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Sn Ta Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHureauliteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneQuartzRutileStauroliteTitaniteTopazTourmaline
VivianiteWagnerite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Columbite-(Mg)  (*)Dravite  (*)
Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fersmite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Purpurite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sicklerite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tavorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Triphylite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11013728803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811013724286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211013725171
Columbite-(Mg)  (*)ColumbiteMgNb2O611013728
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1101372648
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)1101372108
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O6110137283
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11013722740
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)1101372204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O1101372125
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311013725433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411013721507
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)1101372155
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11013724924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110137217380
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)110137280
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110137261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211013725614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11013722705
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)110137266
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511013721516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311013721214
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O61101372688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1101372978
Tavorite  (*)NoneLiFe3+(PO4)(OH)110137235
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11013724899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211013721476
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)1101372313
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211013722718
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1101372636
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)110137243



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