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Locality Name:
Iara (Alsójára), Masca Băişoara, Cluj, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 217771
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217771.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iara (Alsójára), Masca Băişoara, Cluj, Romania": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cacova Ierii (Aranyosivánfalva)
Iara Mine

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 As B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGarnet
IlvaiteLudwigiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Szaibélyite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211011413419
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311011412353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311011411534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11011419052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2101140,10114127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110114127198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611011414135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11011418173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110114124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11011417437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110114114640
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)1101141197
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)1101141134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110114114899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211011415674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211011415800
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211011412273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110114139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811011419056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110114121482
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)110114087
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211011412562


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