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Locality Name:
Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria


mindat Locality ID: 26564
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26564.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria": 41
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Ardino Obshtina
Beli Plast Complex
Dzhebel Obshtina
Gruevo
Kardzhali Obshtina
Kirkovo Obshtina
Krumovgrad
Krumovgrad Obshtina
Momchilgrad Obshtina
Nanovitsa (Nanovica; Nanoviza; Nanowiza)
Sedlovina
Zvezdel (Svesdel)

Latitude: 41°29'25"N
Longitude: 25°37'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.490277777778,25.621111111111
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 Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb Pt Ru S Sb Si Sr Te Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyrite
BaryteBerylBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDachiarditeDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteEttringiteFeldsparFerrierite
FluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHarmotomeHeulanditeKaoliniteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasite
MeliliteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteMordeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOwyheeitePentlandite
PolybasitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzReddingiteRhodoniteRocksaltRutileSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTurquoiseWollastonite
WurtziteZircon

141 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Aleksite  (*)Almandine  (*)
Alunite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cervelleite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)Clinoptilolite-K  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corkite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Dachiardite-Ca  (*)Dachiardite-K  (*)Dachiardite-Na  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Esseneite  (*)Faustite  (*)Ferrierite-K  (*)Ferrierite-Mg  (*)Ferrierite-Na  (*)
Fizélyite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gehlenite  (*)
Godlevskite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Harmotome  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iridium  (*)Jarosite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Landesite  (*)Laurite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mogánite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Niter  (*)
Opal  (*)Orcelite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Platinum  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramdohrite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Skinnerite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strengite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S328890,28893,289222793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21289083419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)328891,28892,288938803
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S212888828
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3428891,28902,28904,289082353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6128919966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O228895,289161627
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51288921310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3228891,289201534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1289192734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2228890,289073092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2128902718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4128893708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1289003250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs128921379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS428890,28921,28922,289239052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61289162060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)528905,28911,28918,28921,2892811547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18228891,288934286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41288905516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61289201633
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2128890101
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O128919280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)628890,28893,28907,28916,28918,2892027770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)2228894,28918309
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1289194979
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS12889042
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S228890,289195707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2628890,28902,28920,28921,28922,2892327198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4228902,289043902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4128893951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1289042600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81289021756
Clinoptilolite-Ca  (*)HeulanditeCa3(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O12891833
Clinoptilolite-K  (*)HeulanditeK6(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O12891813
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS128923966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1289023846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181288921008
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6128919151
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3228897,289021797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS228919,289204165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2128928453
Dachiardite-Ca  (*)DachiarditeCa2(Si20Al4)O48·13H2O228918,2892813
Dachiardite-K  (*)DachiarditeK4(Si20Al4)O48·13H2O1289181
Dachiardite-Na  (*)DachiarditeNa4(Si20Al4)O48·13H2O12891822
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8128921126
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61289204135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2228907,289209895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4128890910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1289208173
Esseneite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe3+AlSiO612892017
Faustite  (*)TurquoiseZnAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O12891924
Ferrierite-K  (*)Ferrierite(K,Na)5(Si31Al5)O72·18H2O1289189
Ferrierite-Mg  (*)Ferrierite[Mg2(K,Na)2Ca0.5](Si29Al7)O72·18H2O228918,2892834
Ferrierite-Na  (*)Ferrierite(Na,K)5(Si31Al5)O72·18H2O1289186
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S4812892154
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12228890,28921663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3128921105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS828888,28890,28907,28920,28921,28922,28923,2892824243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7128920114
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812890240
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)228893,289077437
Gold  (*)CopperAu628893,28904,28905,28907,28919,2892130554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S1312892072
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS128920717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31289201544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O228919,289206890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O128919409
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O128916290
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2228893,28902205
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6228888,28920741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312890214640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4128902407
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te128907804
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)612891982
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3228902,289045433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr128904162
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61289192228
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O612889073
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4228907,289195591
Landesite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+9Fe3+3(PO4)8(OH)3·9H2O12891914
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2128902226
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4128893359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4628893,28904,28905,28907,28911,2892014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212892012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2428907,28921,28922,289235674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8128902161
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2228921,28922300
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS228893,289021066
Mogánite  (*)NoneSiO2·nH2O043
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21288905800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1288941508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O428895,28916,28918,28928405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2528890,28892,28893,28907,2891917380
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)128919181
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O628905,28907,28911,28913,28918,289282994
Orcelite  (*)NoneNi5-xAs2 (x = 0.25)12890236
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)228891,288922349
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S2812892189
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS228902,28923767
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]128920249
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8228893,289021512
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2128907409
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O128919265
Platinum  (*)CopperPt228893,28902485
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6128919170
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]228921,28923716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21289201898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3228921,289221425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2928890,28893,28902,28907,28916,28920,28921,28922,2892339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl228920,289281725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8328893,28921,289239056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21528890,28891,28892,28893,28905,28907,28911,28913,28916,28918,28919,28920,28921,28925,2892861156
Ramdohrite  (*)LillianitePb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S2412892134
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1288901711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)128890969
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu12890446
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21289045614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1289191153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1289076417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51288921516
Silver  (*)CopperAg228893,289045186
Skinnerite  (*)NoneCu3SbS312889011
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2128904337
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31288911214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS728890,28907,28920,28921,28922,28923,2892821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3228921,289223418
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O128919263
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6128919105
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21289083337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13228890,289201803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13428890,28920,28921,289235317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O128920183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O228902,289204899
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O128919484
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21289042718
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O128919301
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O128894652
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31289201247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS228920,28928372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)228902,289045251


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