Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ardino Obshtina, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria

mindat Locality ID: 246544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ardino Obshtina, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Devil's Bridge
Eniovche Mine (Enyovche Mine; Enyuvche Mine)
Latinka
New Hope
Svetulka

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.

Acanthite	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Enargite
Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite
Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Aleksite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*
Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervelleite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cordierite ()*	Enargite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Johannsenite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Skinnerite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
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: Ag Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Ca Fe O Pb S Si Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Enargite
Feldspar Garnet Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite
Wurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	28890,28893	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	28891,28892,28893	8803
Aleksite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₂S₂	0		28
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	28891	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	28892	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	28891	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	28890	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	28893	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	28890	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	28891,28893	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	28890	5516
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	1	28890	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	28890,28893	27770
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	1	28890	42
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	28890	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	28890	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	28893	951
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	28892	1008
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	28890	910
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	28890	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	28890	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	28893	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	28893	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	28893	205
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	1	28890	73
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	28893	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	28893	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	28893	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	28890	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	28890,28892,28893	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	28891,28892	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	28893	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	28893	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	28890,28893	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	28893	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	28890,28891,28892,28893	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	28890	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	28890	969
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	28892	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	28893	5186
Skinnerite ()*	None	Cu₃SbS₃	1	28890	11
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	28891	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	28890	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	28890	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	28890	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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