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Locality Name:
Rydułtowy Heap ("Szarlota" Heap), ROW Ruch Rydułtowy Mine, Rydułtowy, Wodzisław Co., Silesian Voivodeship, Poland


mindat Locality ID: 218156
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218156.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rydułtowy Heap ("Szarlota" Heap), ROW Ruch Rydułtowy Mine, Rydułtowy, Wodzisław Co., Silesian Voivodeship, Poland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°3'48"N
Longitude: 18°26'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.063333333333,18.439444444444

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl F Fe H I K Mg N Na Ni O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Bi C Ca Cl F Fe H I K Mg N Na Ni O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumApatiteAragoniteArcaniteBaryteBerylBrownmilleriteCalciteClayCorundum
DemicheleiteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLangbeiniteMeliliteMicaNoneOlivine
PerovskitePost-spinelPyritePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltSabieiteSpinelSulphur

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bassanite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Demicheleite-(I)  (*)Diopside  (*)Efremovite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorellestadite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Godovikovite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Harmunite  (*)Hematite  (*)Indialite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Letovicite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)
Mullite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickelbischofite  (*)Prosopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sabieite  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Srebrodolskite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tschermigite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O082
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Demicheleite-(I)  (*)DemicheleiteBiSI02
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Efremovite  (*)Langbeinite(NH4)2Mg2(SO4)3013
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F033
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O70114
Godovikovite  (*)Sabieite(NH4)Al(SO4)2019
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Harmunite  (*)Post-spinelCaFe2O404
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Indialite  (*)BerylMg2Al3(AlSi5)O18024
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Letovicite  (*)None(NH4)3H(SO4)2018
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O40229
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O4098
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)061
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)078
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nickelbischofite  (*)NoneNiCl2·6H2O04
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)4039
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sabieite  (*)Sabieite(NH4)Fe3+(SO4)209
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl0105
Srebrodolskite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+2O5025
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O081



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