Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Moldova

mindat Locality ID: 30865
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30865.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moldova": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Basarabeasca
Briceni
Cahul
Călăraşi
Cantemir
Edinet
Sezdovar ?

Latitude: 48°23'43"N
Longitude: 27°16'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.395277777778,27.279722222222

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.

Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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: Ca Co Cu H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Gypsum None Not in a structural group Quartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Asbolane ()*	Birnessite ()*	Buserite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Langite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1	85018	143
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	85018	178
Buserite ()*	None	Na₄Mn₁₄O₂₇·21H₂O (?)	1	85018	10
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	85018	6890
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	85021	593
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	85019	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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