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Locality Name:
Bov, Svoge Obshtina, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria


mindat Locality ID: 278488
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278488.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bov, Svoge Obshtina, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zapachitsa Cu Deposit (Zapacica; Zapachica Mine)

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAndalusiteApatiteArseniosideriteBaryteBrackebuschiteDiasporeLinariteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideriteTetrahedriteTyrolite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinoclase  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Euchroite  (*)
Gartrellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Kolfanite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O129097194
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)12909737
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21290975509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12909711547
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1290973531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3129097127
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)129097363
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4129097109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4129097175
Euchroite  (*)NoneCu2(AsO4)(OH)·3H2O12909724
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O12909741
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1290977437
Kolfanite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·2H2O1290977
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2129097987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212909712537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1290971107
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)129097492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O129097105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O129097428
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O12909790
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131290971803
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O129097245



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