Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Racoş (Racoşul De Jos; Alsórákos), Racoş Commune, Brașov, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 226509
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226509.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Racoş (Racoşul De Jos; Alsórákos), Racoş Commune, Brașov, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°1'51"N
Longitude: 25°24'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.030833333333,25.403888888889

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Brownmillerite	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Dufrénite	Ettringite	Feldspar	Garnet	Gismondine	Gypsum	Humite
Hydrotalcite	Lévyne	Malachite	Marcasite	Melilite	Mica	Millerite	Monazite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Titanite	Tobermorite	Tridymite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite	Zircon

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Aragonite Beryl Brownmillerite Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Dufrénite Ettringite Feldspar Garnet Gismondine Gypsum Humite
Hydrotalcite Lévyne Malachite Marcasite Melilite Mica Millerite Monazite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Titanite Tobermorite Tridymite Wollastonite Wöhlerite Zircon

74 IMA Minerals at location:

Afwillite ()*	Åkermanite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Babingtonite ()*	Brownmillerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Charlesite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Diopside ()*
Dufrénite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Ettringite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gehlenite ()*
Gismondine ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Hydrocalumite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kilchoanite ()*	Larnite ()*
Leucite ()*	Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Okenite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Plombièrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rankinite ()*	Reinhardbraunsite ()*
Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Strätlingite ()*	Thaumasite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*
Vaterite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O	41
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	50
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	161
Brownmillerite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺AlO₅	21
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	309
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Charlesite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₂B(OH)₄(OH,O)₁₂·26H₂O	9
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	67
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O	139
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	93
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	114
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	128
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O	30
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kilchoanite ()*	None	Ca₆(SiO₄)(Si₃O₁₀)	9
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	48
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	233
Lévyne-Ca ()*	Lévyne	Ca₃(Si₁₂Al₆)O₃₆·18H₂O	42
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	71
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Plombièrite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂(H₂O)₂·(Ca·5H₂O)	28
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	25
Reinhardbraunsite ()*	Humite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	9
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Strätlingite ()*	None	Ca₂Al(Si,Al)₂O₂(OH)₁₀·2.25H₂O	11
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	114
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	458
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	120
Vaterite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)	37
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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