Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kosovo

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5.3

mindat Locality ID: 50143
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50143.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kosovo": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
District Of Đakovica (District Of Gjakova)
District Of Ferizaj
District Of Gjilan
District Of Kosovska Mitrovica
District Of Peja (District Of Peć)
District Of Pristina (District Of Prishtina)
District Of Prizren
Metohija

Latitude: 42°37'47"N
Longitude: 21°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.629722222222,21

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Braunite	Calcite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Ilvaite	Iron	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Löllingite
Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite
Struvite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Valleriite	Vivianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Xanthoconite

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na Nd Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Braunite Calcite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Diaspore Enargite Epidote Garnet Gypsum Ilvaite Iron Kaolinite Kobellite Löllingite
Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite
Struvite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Valleriite Vivianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Xanthoconite

103 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aleksite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Babkinite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cannizzarite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Childrenite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chromium ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Dickite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Falkmanite ()*
Ferrokësterite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Giessenite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Heteromorphite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*	Howieite ()*	Ikunolite ()*	Ilvaite ()*
Ingodite ()*	Izoklakeite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Joséite-B ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kobellite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Ludlamite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Plumosite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Struvite ()*	Synchysite-(Nd) ()*	Talc ()*
Telluronevskite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tintinaite ()*
Valleriite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	23	5.3	1	77810	3419
Aleksite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₂S₂	23	5.3	1	77810	28
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	23	5.3	1	77810	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	23	5.3	2	77810,77814	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	1	77810	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	23	5.3	5	77810,77813,77814,77830,77840	9052
Babkinite ()*	Tetradymite	Pb₂Bi₂(S,Se)₃	23	5.3	1	77810	2
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	5.3	1	77810	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	23	5.3	2	77810,77813	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	23	5.3	1	77810	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	23	5.3	1	77810	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	23	5.3	2	77810,77825	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	23	5.3	2	77810,77830	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	77800	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	23	5.3	2	77810,77814	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	23	5.3	1	77810	41
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	23	5.3	2	77810,77814	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	23	5.3	1	77810	925
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	23	5.3	1	77810	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5.3	6	77810,77813,77814,77827,77830,77840	27198
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	23	5.3	1	77810	93
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	77797	3902
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr			1	77827	26
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	23	5.3	1	77810	227
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	23	5.3	1	77810	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	23	5.3	1	77810	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	23	5.3	1	77810	310
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	23	5.3	2	77810,77830	802
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	77800	327
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	5.3	1	77810	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	23	5.3	1	77810	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	23	5.3	2	77810,77814	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	23	5.3	1	77810	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	23	5.3	1	77810	8173
Falkmanite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₂S₆	23	5.3	1	77810	17
Ferrokësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	23	5.3	1	77810	13
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	23	5.3	1	77810	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	23	5.3	1	77810	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5.3	11	77810,77813,77814,77825,77827,77830,77831,77832,77833,77835,77840	24243
Giessenite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)₂Pb_26.4(Bi,Sb)_19.6S₅₇	23	5.3	1	77810	18
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	77824,77827	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	23	5.3	3	77810,77813,77830	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	23	5.3	1	77810	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	23	5.3	1	77810	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	23	5.3	3	77800,77810,77827	14640
Heteromorphite ()*	None	Pb₇Sb₈S₁₉	23	5.3	1	77810	38
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	23	5.3	1	77810	66
Howieite ()*	None	Na(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al,Mg)₁₂(Si₆O₁₇)₂(O,OH)₁₀			1	77800	16
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	23	5.3	1	77810	54
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	23	5.3	1	77810	197
Ingodite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂TeS	23	5.3	1	77810	30
Izoklakeite ()*	Kobellite	Pb_26.4(Cu,Fe)₂(Sb,Bi)_19.6S₅₇	23	5.3	1	77810	25
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	23	5.3	1	77810	784
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	23	5.3	1	77810	50
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	23	5.3	1	77810	86
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	23	5.3	3	77803,77814,77827	5591
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅	23	5.3	1	77810	87
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	23	5.3	1	77810	128
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	77827	359
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	23	5.3	1	77810	762
Ludlamite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	23	5.3	1	77810	66
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	23	5.3	1	77810	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	77827,77837	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	23	5.3	3	77810,77827,77830	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	77840	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	23	5.3	3	77810,77825,77830	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	23	5.3	1	77810	915
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	23	5.3	1	77814	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	23	5.3	3	77800,77810,77814	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	77837	633
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			2	77824,77827	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			3	77821,77824,77827	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	77800	2273
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	77800	260
Plumosite ()*	None	Pb₂Sb₂S₅	23	5.3	1	77810	18
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	23	5.3	1	77810	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	23	5.3	1	77813	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	23	5.3	2	77810,77813	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	5.3	8	77810,77813,77814,77825,77830,77831,77833,77835	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	77825	3106
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	23	5.3	1	77810	84
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	23	5.3	4	77810,77813,77814,77830	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	23	5.3	6	77800,77810,77814,77824,77827,77832	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	23	5.3	1	77810	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	23	5.3	1	77810	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	23	5.3	3	77807,77810,77814	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	23	5.3	1	77810	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	77800	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5.3	12	77807,77810,77813,77814,77825,77827,77830,77831,77832,77833,77835,77840	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	23	5.3	4	77810,77825,77830,77835	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	23	5.3	1	77810	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	23	5.3	1	77810	3418
Struvite ()*	Struvite	(NH₄)Mg(PO₄)·6H₂O	23	5.3	1	77810	30
Synchysite-(Nd) ()*	None	CaNd(CO₃)₂F			1	77820	7
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	77800	3337
Telluronevskite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₃TeSe₂	23	5.3	1	77810	3
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	23	5.3	2	77810,77813	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	23	5.3	1	77810	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	23	5.3	2	77810,77814	5317
Tintinaite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₀Cu₂Sb₁₆S₃₅	23	5.3	1	77810	24
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	23	5.3	1	77810	237
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	23	5.3	1	77810	636
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	23	5.3	1	77810	1247

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00394	23	5.3	Miocene											3052	Trepča Stan Terg Mine (Stari Trg Mine; Trepča Mine; Stan Trg Mine), Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, District Of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo	Trepča	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
	sedznpb-00392	23	5.3	Miocene											62232	Kopaonik Mine, Leposavić, District Of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo	Kopaonik	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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