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Locality Name:
Cioclovina Cave, Boșorod, Hunedoara, Hunedoara, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 2610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cioclovina Cave, Boșorod, Hunedoara, Hunedoara, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°34'27"N
Longitude: 23°8'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.574166666667,23.138055555556

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Y Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBurbankiteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeFairfieldite
GypsumKaoliniteLeucophosphiteMicaNoneQuartzRhabdophaneRoseliteTaranakite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Ardealite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Bassanite  (*)Berlinite  (*)
Birnessite  (*)Brushite  (*)Burbankite  (*)Calcite  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)
Collinsite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Foggite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylellestadite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kröhnkite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Monetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Sampleite  (*)Taranakite  (*)Tinsleyite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vaterite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Ardealite  (*)GypsumCa2(PO3OH)(SO4)·4H2O030
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O082
Berlinite  (*)QuartzAl(PO4)028
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O0178
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O0104
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O070
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O038
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60310
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Foggite  (*)NoneCaAl(PO4)(OH)2·H2O04
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH0367
Hydroxylellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5OH022
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Kröhnkite  (*)RoseliteNa2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O027
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O0110
Monetite  (*)NoneCa(PO3OH)021
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)60158
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O100312
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O040
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O057
Tinsleyite  (*)LeucophosphiteKAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O09
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O0301
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)037



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