Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Albania

mindat Locality ID: 22430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Albania": 93
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 66

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Berat County
Dibër County
Durrës County
Elbasan County
Fier County
Gjirokastër County
Korçë County
Kukës County
Lezhë County
Shkodër County (Shkodra County)
Tiranë County (Tirana County)
Vlorë County

Latitude: 41°25'6"N
Longitude: 20°7'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.418333333333,20.117777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Geocronite	Gypsum
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Orpiment	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Potarite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilbite	Tetrahedrite
Ullmannite	Wurtzite

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Os Pb Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Geocronite Gypsum
Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Orpiment Pentlandite Perovskite
Potarite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilbite Tetrahedrite
Ullmannite Wurtzite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Anduoite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greigite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Laurite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Népouite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Orpiment ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pharmacolite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stellerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anduoite ()*	None	RuAs₂	1	1292	9
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	1312	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1312	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	1312	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	1312	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	15	1232,1240,1255,1267,1270,1286,1288,1294,1295,1297,1298,1300,1308,1310,1316	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	1232	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	1286,1300,1312	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	1300,1304	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	1300	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	1232,1240,1274,1297,1312,1316	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	1232	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	1232,1240,1267,1270,1276,1278,1286,1287,1288,1294,1295,1296,1297,1298,1299,1300,1301,1302,1304,1305,1306,1307,1308,1310,1316	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	16	1249,1253,1255,1256,1257,1258,1260,1263,1264,1274,1280,1282,1284,1285,1290,1292	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	5	1278,1294,1297,1308,1316	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	1304	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	1232	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	3	1267,1270,1297	802
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	1312	90
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	1312	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	1232,1240,1276,1298,1300,1316	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	1291	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	1286,1288,1295,1300	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	1300	133
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	1312	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	8	1232,1274,1294,1297,1300,1305,1308,1312	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	1240,1255,1267,1270,1286,1288,1294,1295,1297,1298,1300,1308,1310	30554
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	1312	62
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	1312	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	1232,1276,1304	14640
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1	1292	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	1232	5433
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	1	1290	128
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	1290	226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	1274	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	1274	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	1232,1276,1304	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	1232,1305	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	1232,1298,1301,1312	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	1232	17380
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	1274	66
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	1278	633
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	6	1242,1243,1244,1245,1246,1312	511
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	1290	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3	1232,1256,1289	1512
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	1312	105
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	1300	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	18	1232,1240,1276,1286,1288,1294,1295,1296,1297,1299,1300,1301,1302,1304,1305,1306,1307,1316	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	10	1232,1240,1270,1278,1289,1294,1297,1298,1300,1316	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	1232,1240,1274,1286,1288,1294,1295,1297,1298,1308,1310,1312,1316	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	6	1242,1243,1244,1245,1246,1312	712
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	1316	1153
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	1292	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	20	1232,1240,1270,1276,1286,1288,1294,1295,1296,1297,1298,1299,1300,1301,1302,1304,1306,1307,1308,1316	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	6	1251,1252,1259,1261,1269,1289	1934
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	1300	189
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	1312	3418
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	1316	190
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	1300	1803
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	1	1290	66

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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