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Locality Name:
Simav, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region, Turkey


mindat Locality ID: 31088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Simav, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region, Turkey": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Inkaya

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: As C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteBaryteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteMalachite
NoneOrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTridymiteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11163692734
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411163695516
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11163694979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11163695707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111636927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11163694165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11163691027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41116369910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111636924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11163697437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111636914640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111636912537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31116369511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111636939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111636961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1116369712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111636921482
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21116369458


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