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Locality Name:
Bankya Obshtina, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria


mindat Locality ID: 253790
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253790.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bankya Obshtina, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bankya

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: Al As Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBournoniteChalcopyriteClayDiasporeGeocroniteGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Dickite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6129066966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1290661588
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31290661089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212906627198
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)129066481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4129066651
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12906624243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23129066133
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1290666890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41290665591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412906614899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21290665674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212906617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212906639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2129066771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81290669056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212906661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12906621482
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6129066105
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131290661803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131290665317
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)612906662



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