Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kaptina Ophitolite Massif, Dibër County, Albania

mindat Locality ID: 248520
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248520.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaptina Ophitolite Massif, Dibër County, Albania": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Gdheste Deposit
Golaj Deposit
Helshan Deposit
Kruma Deposit
Nikoliq Deposit
Piste Deposit
Shemri Deposit
Thirra Deposit

Latitude: 42°9'23"N
Longitude: 20°17'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.156388888889,20.292222222222

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	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite
Spinel

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Ni O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H K Ni O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote
Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite
Spinel

20 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	1240	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	1240	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	1240	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	1240	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	1240	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	1240	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	1240	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	1240	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	1240	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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