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Locality Name:
Racoş Commune, Brașov, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 282021
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282021.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Racoş Commune, Brașov, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Racoş (Racoşul De Jos; Alsórákos)

Latitude: 46°1'51"N
Longitude: 25°24'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.030833333333,25.403611111111
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 Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBerylBrownmilleriteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
CorundumCristobaliteDiasporeDufréniteEttringiteFeldsparGarnetGismondineGypsumHumite
HydrotalciteLévyneMalachiteMarcasiteMeliliteMicaMilleriteMonaziteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRutileSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteTitaniteTobermoriteTridymiteWollastoniteWöhleriteZircon

74 IMA Minerals at location:
Afwillite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Babingtonite  (*)Brownmillerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Charlesite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dufrénite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)
Gismondine  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hydrocalumite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kilchoanite  (*)Larnite  (*)
Leucite  (*)Lévyne-Ca  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Okenite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Plombièrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rankinite  (*)Reinhardbraunsite  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)Spinel  (*)Strätlingite  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)
Vaterite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
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]·2H2O110106741
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O7110106750
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11010678803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11010671627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311010671534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11010671588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)11010671036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101067708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11010673250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611010672060
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1101067161
Brownmillerite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+AlO5110106721
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110106727770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21101067309
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O1101067310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110106727198
Charlesite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)2B(OH)4(OH,O)12·26H2O11010679
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl1101067203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411010673902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101067951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811010671756
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1811010671008
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21101067453
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F4110106767
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611010674135
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1101067139
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61101067944
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O110106793
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11010671188
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O71101067114
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O1101067128
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11010677437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11010676890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61101067741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110106714640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O41101067407
Hydrocalumite  (*)HydrotalciteCa4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2·4H2O110106730
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311010675433
Kilchoanite  (*)NoneCa6(SiO4)(Si3O10)11010679
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)110106748
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)1101067233
Lévyne-Ca  (*)LévyneCa3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O110106742
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101067359
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41101067311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110106714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2110106712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211010675674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11010671066
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1101067945
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O110106771
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811010671512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31101067495
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O61101067303
Plombièrite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O)110106728
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110106739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211010673106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811010679056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110106761156
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O7110106725
Reinhardbraunsite  (*)HumiteCa5(SiO4)2(OH)211010679
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1101067598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11010676417
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411010671934
Strätlingite  (*)NoneCa2Al(Si,Al)2O2(OH)10·2.25H2O110106711
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O1101067183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11010674899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)1101067114
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1101067433
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21101067458
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO41101067120
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)110106737
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1101067652
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311010671247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1101067939


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