Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Svetulka, Ardino Obshtina, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria

mindat Locality ID: 25070
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25070.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Svetulka, Ardino Obshtina, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Feldspar	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pt S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Be C Ca Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pt S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Beryl Calcite Clay Copper Diaspore Feldspar Mica Millerite Nickeline
None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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