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Locality Name:
Almăj Mts, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 233343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Almăj Mts, Banat Mts, Caraş-Severin, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mraconia Valley

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-actinolite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311010802353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311010801534
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411010805516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110108027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110108027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11010804165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11010808173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)21101080129
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110108024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110108014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110108014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11010804924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211010805800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110108017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110108039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811010809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110108061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11010804894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110108021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311010805317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11010804899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011010801395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311010801247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11010805251


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