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Locality Name:
Hunedoara, Hunedoara, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 27877
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27877.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hunedoara, Hunedoara, Romania": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Boșorod
Cornet Hill

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 Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBruciteBurbankiteCalciteChloriteClay
CorundumDiasporeDjerfisheriteEttringiteFairfielditeGarnetGismondineGypsumKaoliniteLeucophosphite
MeliliteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyroxeneQuartz
RhabdophaneRoseliteSerpentineSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteTaranakiteTitaniteTobermoriteVesuvianiteWollastonite
Wöhlerite

67 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Allophane  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Ardealite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Bassanite  (*)Berlinite  (*)Birnessite  (*)
Brushite  (*)Burbankite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cebollite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Churchite-(Y)  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Collinsite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)
Diopside  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Foggite  (*)Foshagite  (*)
Fukalite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylellestadite  (*)Kamaishilite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kröhnkite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monetite  (*)
Monticellite  (*)Mountainite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Plombièrite  (*)Portlandite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Riversideite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Sampleite  (*)Scawtite  (*)Spurrite  (*)
Taranakite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Tilleyite  (*)Tinsleyite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tobermorite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vaterite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)
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]·2H2O110125241
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1101252470
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311012521534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11012521588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2101251,1012523250
Ardealite  (*)GypsumCa2(PO3OH)(SO4)·4H2O110125130
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31101251544
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O110125182
Berlinite  (*)QuartzAl(PO4)110125128
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O1101251178
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O1101251104
Burbankite  (*)Burbankite(Na,Ca)3(Sr,Ba,Ce)3(CO3)5110125152
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2101251,10125227770
Cebollite  (*)MeliliteCa5Al2(SiO4)3(OH)4110125213
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101252951
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O110125170
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811012521756
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O110125138
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61101251310
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F4110125267
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611012524135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl110125260
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11012512740
Foggite  (*)NoneCaAl(PO4)(OH)2·H2O11012514
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)2110125219
Fukalite  (*)NoneCa4Si2O6(CO3)(OH)211012528
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O71101252114
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O1101252128
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11012517437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311012521544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11012516890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110125114640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1101251367
Hydroxylellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5OH2101251,10125222
Kamaishilite  (*)NoneCa2(SiAl2)O6(OH)211012522
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411012515591
Kröhnkite  (*)RoseliteNa2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O110125127
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1101251110
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110125214899
Monetite  (*)NoneCa(PO3OH)110125121
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)1101252153
Mountainite  (*)NoneKNa2Ca2[Si8O19(OH)]·6H2O11012525
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110125117380
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)61101251158
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811012521512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31101252495
Plombièrite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O)110125228
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)2110125251
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811012529056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22101251,10125261156
Riversideite  (*)TobermoriteCa5Si6O16(OH)2·2H2O11012525
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101101251312
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O110125140
Scawtite  (*)NoneCa7(Si3O9)2(CO3)·2H2O110125225
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)110125254
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O110125157
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O1101252183
Tilleyite  (*)NoneCa5Si2O7(CO3)2110125219
Tinsleyite  (*)LeucophosphiteKAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O11012519
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11012524899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)1101252114
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1101251433
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1101251301
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)110125137
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011012521395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311012521247
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)21101252109



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