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Locality Name:
Racoş (Racoşu De Jos), Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely; Oderhellen), Harghita, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 276586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Racoş (Racoşu De Jos), Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely; Oderhellen), Harghita, Romania": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Basalt Quarry
Carhaga Valley
Dej Tuff Strata
Gyilkos Creek

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBerylBrownmilleriteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
CorundumCristobaliteDufréniteEttringiteFeldsparGarnetGismondineGypsumHumiteHydrotalcite
LévyneMeliliteMilleriteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRutileSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteTitanite
TobermoriteTridymiteWollastoniteWöhlerite

65 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Brownmillerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Charlesite  (*)
Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Diopside  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Kilchoanite  (*)
Larnite  (*)Lévyne-Ca  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Okenite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)
Plombièrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Rankinite  (*)Reinhardbraunsite  (*)Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Strätlingite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Vaterite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O110118941
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O7110118950
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2101189,1011931627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311011891534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11011891588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11011891036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101193708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11011893250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611011892060
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1101189161
Brownmillerite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+AlO5110118921
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110118927770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O1101189310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22101189,10119327198
Charlesite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)2B(OH)4(OH,O)12·26H2O11011899
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl1101189203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42101189,1011933902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101193951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811011931756
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811011891008
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21101189453
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F4110118967
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611011894135
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1101190139
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61101193944
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O110118993
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11011931188
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O71101189114
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O1101189128
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11011896890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61101189741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110118914640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41101189407
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O110118930
Kilchoanite  (*)NoneCa6(SiO4)(Si3O10)11011899
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)110118948
Lévyne-Ca  (*)LévyneCa3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O110118942
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101193359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110118914899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11011931066
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1101191945
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O110118971
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811011931512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31101189495
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O61101189303
Plombièrite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O)110118928
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22101189,10119339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211011893106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82101189,1011939056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110118961156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O1101189177
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O7110118925
Reinhardbraunsite  (*)HumiteCa5(SiO4)2(OH)211011899
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1101189598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11011896417
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411011891934
Strätlingite  (*)NoneCa2Al(Si,Al)2O2(OH)10·2.25H2O110118911
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O1101189183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11011894899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)1101189114
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1101189433
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21101189458
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)110118937
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1101189652
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311011891247


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