Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gheorgheni, Harghita, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 233650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gheorgheni, Harghita, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Aurora Creek

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Bastnäsite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Stibnite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Dolomite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Stibnite ()*	Thorianite ()*	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 As C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Bastnäsite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Columbite Corundum
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Stibnite Tridymite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	101180	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	101180	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	101180	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	101180	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	101180	9052
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	101180	304
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	101180	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	101180	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	101180	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	101180	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	101180	9895
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	101180	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	101180	24243
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	101180	167
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	101180	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	101180	5433
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	101180	93
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	101180	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	101180	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	101180	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	101180	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	101180	884
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	101180	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	101180	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	101180	244
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	101180	375
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	101180	1214
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	101180	3418
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	101180	236
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	101180	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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