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Locality Name:
Chepelare Obshtina, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria

mindat Locality ID: 246473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chepelare Obshtina, Smolyan Province, Bulgaria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Chepelare

Latitude: 41°44'5"N
Longitude: 24°35'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.734722222222,24.590277777778

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	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Diamond
Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite
Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Coesite ()*	Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hastingsite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Microcline ()*	Moissanite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spinel ()*	Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
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 B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ta Ti Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Diamond
Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Titanite Wollastonite
Wurtzite Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	29025	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	29025	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	0		1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	29025	77
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	29025	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	29025	9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	0		231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	29025	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	29025	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	0		425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC	0		57
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	29025	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	29025	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	29025	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	29025	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	29025	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(TaTi)O₆	0		16
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	29025	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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