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Locality Name:
Central Slovenia Region, Slovenia


mindat Locality ID: 309670
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309670.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central Slovenia Region, Slovenia": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dobrova–Polhov Gradec
Grosuplje
Kurja Dolina
Ljubljana
Lukovica
Velike Lašče

Latitude: 46°2'23"N
Longitude: 14°34'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.039722222222,14.574444444444

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteEpidote
FeldsparGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophyllite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteSulphurTetrahedriteWurtziteZircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Selenium  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3105857,105859,1058648803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62105845,105846966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11058451588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110584511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7105845,105849,105851,105853,105855,105856,10585727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11058455707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22105845,10584627198
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O110585370
Copper  (*)CopperCu11058453846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11058454165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11058452970
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)2105845,105846481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41105845651
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42105845,105846910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11058458173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2105846,10585324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2105845,10584630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11058456890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42105845,1058465591
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS41105846198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110585314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22105845,10585312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211058565674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110584617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25105845,105846,105851,105853,10586439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21105846771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28105844,105845,105846,105848,105857,105859,105864,10586561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22105845,1058645614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11058451153
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe1105845143
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11058646417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2105845,10584621482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311058451803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132105845,1058465317
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11058535251



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