Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Latvia

mindat Locality ID: 29477
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29477.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Latvia": 51
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Kurzeme Region
Latgale Region
Riga Region
Vidzeme Region
Zemgale Region

Latitude: 56°44'13"N
Longitude: 24°37'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.736944444444,24.62

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Iron
Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur

Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Taenite ()*
Troilite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Gypsum Iron
Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	13	78028,78029,78034,78035,78041,78045,78047,78048,78050,78051,78056,78057,78058	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	6	78039,78041,78050,78056,78057,78058	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	78011	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	4	78015,78023,78053,78055	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	78023,78055	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	78053	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	10	78012,78029,78036,78041,78045,78048,78050,78056,78057,78058	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	8	78011,78043,78045,78048,78050,78056,78057,78058	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	78012,78039,78041,78050,78056,78057,78058	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	78011,78045,78050,78056,78057,78058	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	78023	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	3	78023,78053,78055	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	2	78023,78055	191
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	78011	5591
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	78055	451
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	78050,78056,78057,78058	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	78011,78028,78036,78041,78047,78050,78056,78057,78058	39462
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	2	78015,78023	374
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	78032	2045
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	78053,78055	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	4	78015,78023,78053,78055	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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