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Locality Name:
Pianu Commune, Alba, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 290860
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290860.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pianu Commune, Alba, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pianu De Sus (Pianul Românesc; Pianul Din Sus; Bleschpien; Romänisch-Pien; Wallachisch-Pien; Oláhpián; Olahpian; Felsőpián)

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pt S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRutileSpinelStauroliteTalcTitaniteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)Epidote  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211009853419
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511009851310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110098527198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311009851797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11009858173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11009857437
Gold  (*)CopperAu110098530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11009852812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110098514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311009855433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO411009851507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110098514899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110098517380
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1100985485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110098539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811009859056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211009855614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO511009851516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411009851934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1100985978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211009853337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11009854899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211009852562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11009855251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11009851025


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