Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sozopol, Burgas Province, Bulgaria

mindat Locality ID: 246542
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246542.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sozopol, Burgas Province, Bulgaria": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Chernomoretz (Cernomorec)
Krushevets (Krushevec)
Rosen Ore Field (Rossen Ore Field)
Vurshilo (Vershilo)
Zidarovo Deposit

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.

Alunite	Analcime	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Malachite	Meneghinite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Topaz

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 Au Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Os P Pb S Si Sr Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Analcime Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Kobellite Malachite Meneghinite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Titanite Topaz

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*	Augite ()*
Bavenite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cosalite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cuprobismutite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Friedrichite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*	Hammarite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Lindströmite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Osmium ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Wittichenite ()*
Woodhouseite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	2	28838,28846	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	28836	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	28841	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	28837	1627
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	28837	2060
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	28836	255
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	28846	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	28838,28846	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	28838,28840	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	28836,28837,28838,28840,28841,28844,28846	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	28837,28838	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	28840,28841	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	28836,28837,28838,28840,28841,28844,28846	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	28843	3846
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	28846	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	28846	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	28841,28843	2970
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	1	28846	43
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	28841	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	28846	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	28846	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	28836,28837	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	28838	551
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	28838	73
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	28836	9617
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈	1	28838	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	28846	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	28846	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	28838,28846	30554
Hammarite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₂Pb₂Bi₄S₉	1	28838	43
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	28838	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	28846	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	28841	5591
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	1	28846	80
Lindströmite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₃Cu₃Bi₇S₁₅	1	28838	38
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	28836,28838	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	28836,28840,28841,28844,28846	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	28836,28838	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	28841,28844,28846	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	28836	2349
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	28845	169
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	28838	306
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	28838	2273
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	28843	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	28838,28840,28841,28843,28844,28846	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	28841	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	28836,28838,28844,28846	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	28838	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	28846	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	2	28838,28841	105
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	28836,28844	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	28846	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	28836	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	28841	1476
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	28846	297
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	28841	62

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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