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Locality Name:
Opole Co., Opole Voivodeship, Poland


mindat Locality ID: 246632
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246632.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Opole Co., Opole Voivodeship, Poland": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Gmina Niemodlin
Gmina Ozimek
Gmina Prószków
Gmina Tarnów Opolski
Gmina Tułowice

Latitude: 50°37'21"N
Longitude: 17°52'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.6225,17.876388888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeBaryteCalciteClayDiasporeFeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMicaNatrolite
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTridymite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Antigorite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chromite  (*)Diopside  (*)Forsterite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Spinel  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O297639,976401627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21976402162
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4197640708
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61976402060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)597639,97640,97647,97648,9765027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1976431252
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41976403902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6297639,976404135
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1976401188
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1976407437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1976436890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41976395591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O419764014899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1976401508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2297639,9764017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O297639,976401236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)297640,97655884
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS219764739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO219763961156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)197639598
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41976401934
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4197639120



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