Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Apliki, Nicosia District, Cyprus

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 279221
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279221.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Apliki, Nicosia District, Cyprus": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Apliki Mine
West Apliki Mine

Latitude: 34°56'17"N
Longitude: 33°7'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.938055555556,33.1325

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Analcime	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Sphalerite

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 Ca Cu Fe H Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	145	66	1	46106	1627
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	1	46107	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	1	46107	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	2	46106,46107	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145	66	2	46106,46107	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145	66	1	46106	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	66	1	46107	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	1	46106	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	1	46107	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	2	46106,46107	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	2	46106,46107	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	1	46106	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00444	145	66	Cretaceous											28109	Apliki Mine, Apliki, Nicosia District, Cyprus	Apliki	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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