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Locality Name:
Highiş Massif, Apuseni Mts, Bihor, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 302197
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302197.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Highiş Massif, Apuseni Mts, Bihor, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Şoimuş Ilii Vein

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 As Au Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopper
CubaniteEpidoteFeldsparKobelliteMarcasiteMicaMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite
TitaniteWurtziteZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)Ikunolite  (*)
Ingodite  (*)Jonassonite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)211010153419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11010158803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1101015706
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11010151966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311010151935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110101527198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1101015966
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51101015344
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31101015802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11010158173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110101524243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41101015192
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS1101015131
Gold  (*)CopperAu110101530554
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S3110101554
Ingodite  (*)TetradymiteBi2TeS110101530
Jonassonite  (*)Not in a structural groupAu(Bi,Pb)5S4110101519
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)3110101530
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110101514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211010155674
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1101015945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110101517380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811010151512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110101539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811010159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110101561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211010155614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11010156417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110101521482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311010151803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11010154899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11010155251



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