Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Balkan Mts (Stara Planina), Bulgaria

mindat Locality ID: 24105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balkan Mts (Stara Planina), Bulgaria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Orlovo Gnezdo Deposit
Popovo Dere Deposit
Shopov Cave
Svishti Plaz Mine

Latitude: 42°33'38"N
Longitude: 24°7'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.560555555556,24.131666666667

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Artinite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Fleischerite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Pavonite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Artinite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Baylissite ()*	Benjaminite ()*	Berryite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Despujolsite ()*	Diopside ()*	Friedrichite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Matildite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pekoite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Vernadite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Artinite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Fleischerite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Pavonite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

41 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	0		1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	0		286
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	28800	315
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	28800	9052
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	28799	75
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	28800	11547
Baylissite ()*	None	K₂Mg(CO₃)₂·4H₂O	1	28799	2
Benjaminite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	1	28800	45
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	1	28800	50
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	28800	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	28800	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	28797	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	28800	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	28797	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	28797,28800	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	28797	4165
Despujolsite ()*	Fleischerite	Ca₃Mn⁴⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	28799	10
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈	1	28800	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	28797,28800	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	28797	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	28800	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	28797,28800	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	28800	5591
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		79
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	28797,28800	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	28797	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	28800	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	28800	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	28797	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	28800	17380
Pekoite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₁₁S₁₈	1	28800	39
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	28797,28800	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	28800	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	28800	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		148
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	28797,28800	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	28800	1803
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	1	28799	65

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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