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Locality Name:
Orlová, Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic


mindat Locality ID: 268762
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268762.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orlová, Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
ČSA Mine
Lazy Mine

Latitude: 49°49'39"N
Longitude: 18°27'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.8275,18.453333333333

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteBlöditeCalciteClayCopiapiteDiasporeEpsomiteGarnetGypsum
HalotrichiteHexahydriteKieseriteMicaMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteStarkeyiteTamarugiteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Blödite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Epsomite  (*)Ferrohexahydrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Metasideronatrite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3246826,468272353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21468262162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1468262734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)246824,4682611547
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O146824130
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14682427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1468241252
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O246824,46828484
Ferrohexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteFe2+(SO4)·6H2O14682721
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS246824,4682624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1468247437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1468246890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl246824,468261398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O246824,46828409
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O146824251
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O246824,4682854
Metasideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·H2O346824,46826,4682828
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1468241066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214682617380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6146824254
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O246824,46828265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214682439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214682661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1468246417
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O346824,46826,4682873
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS246824,4682621482
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O14682479
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O146827139
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O346824,46826,4682887
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1468265251



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