Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Plav, Montenegro

mindat Locality ID: 246159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plav, Montenegro": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Murino-Plav

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	85319	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	85323	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	85321,85327,85328	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	85323	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	85318,85319,85320,85321,85323,85324,85327,85328	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	85323	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	85318,85319,85327	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	85323	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	85318,85321	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	85318,85319,85320,85321,85322,85323,85324,85326,85327,85328	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	85319,85320,85323	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	85319,85321,85324,85326,85327	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	85318,85319,85324,85327	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	85318	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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