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Locality Name:
Ostrava-City District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic


mindat Locality ID: 234737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ostrava-City District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Alt Bela Meteorite
Hlučín
Jan Šverma Mine
Landek Hill
Muglinov
Odra Mine
Odra Mine (after 1995)
Ostrava
Ostrava Mine
Vítkovice (Witkowitz)

Latitude: 49°51'8"N
Longitude: 18°15'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.852222222222,18.260833333333

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 Ba C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteCalciteCopiapiteCorundumDiasporeEpsomiteGypsumHalotrichiteHarmotome
HexahydriteIronNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditeSpinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Baryte  (*)Bílinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Daubréelite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Harmotome  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Schreibersite  (*)Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O246894,46902272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14689211547
Bílinite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·22H2O14690216
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14689627770
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O146902382
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S4146889157
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O146900484
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1468927437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O246894,469006890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O146902409
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O146896290
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4146896407
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O146894251
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31468965433
Iron  (*)IronFe1468891089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61468942228
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4146896229
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O146900223
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81468891512
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O146894265
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P146889374
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)146889703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1468891044



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