Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mânzăleşti Commune, Buzău, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 254777
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254777.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mânzăleşti Commune, Buzău, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Meledic Karst Plateau

Latitude: 45°29'49"N
Longitude: 26°37'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.496944444444,26.619166666667

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.

Calcite	Clay	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Mica	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Ikaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Monohydrocalcite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Gypsum Kaolinite Kieserite Mica None Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	101071	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	101071	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	101071	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	101071	1398
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	0		341
Ikaite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·6H₂O	0		12
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	101071	80
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	101071	229
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O	0		55
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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