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Locality Name:
Boșorod, Hunedoara, Hunedoara, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 285375
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285375.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boșorod, Hunedoara, Hunedoara, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cioclovina Cave

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 O P S Si Sr Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBurbankiteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeFairfieldite
GypsumKaoliniteLeucophosphiteMicaNoneQuartzRhabdophaneRoseliteTaranakite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Ardealite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Bassanite  (*)Berlinite  (*)
Birnessite  (*)Brushite  (*)Burbankite  (*)Calcite  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)
Collinsite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Foggite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylellestadite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kröhnkite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)Monetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Sampleite  (*)Taranakite  (*)Tinsleyite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vaterite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11012513250
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)110125127770
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O110125170
Collinsite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(PO4)2·2H2O110125138
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61101251310
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11012512740
Foggite  (*)NoneCaAl(PO4)(OH)2·H2O11012514
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11012517437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11012516890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110125114640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH1101251367
Hydroxylellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5OH110125122
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411012515591
Kröhnkite  (*)RoseliteNa2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O110125127
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1101251110
Monetite  (*)NoneCa(PO3OH)110125121
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110125117380
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)61101251158
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110125161156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101101251312
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O110125140
Taranakite  (*)TaranakiteK3Al5(PO3OH)6(PO4)2·18H2O110125157
Tinsleyite  (*)LeucophosphiteKAl2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O11012519
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1101251433
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1101251301
Vaterite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)110125137


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