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Locality Name:
Pcheloyad Mine (Pchelojad; Ptchelojad; Pcheloiad), Momchilgrad Obshtina, Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria


mindat Locality ID: 25118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pcheloyad Mine (Pchelojad; Ptchelojad; Pcheloiad), Momchilgrad 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
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: Ag Al As C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCovelliteEpidoteEttringiteGarnetGypsum
MalachiteMeliliteNonePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteWollastoniteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Esseneite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gehlenite  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Esseneite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe3+AlSiO6017
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O70114
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S13072
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O0183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372


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