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Locality Name:
Aurora Creek, Gheorgheni, Harghita, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 233652
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233652.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aurora Creek, Gheorgheni, Harghita, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 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: Al As C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Th Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBastnäsiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayColumbiteCorundum
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyroxeneRocksaltStibniteTridymiteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F0304
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O0345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gonnardite  (*)Natrolite(Na,Ca)2(Si,Al)5O10·3H2O0167
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2093
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Polycrase-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)60121
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO30244
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)20375
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO20236
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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