Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria

mindat Locality ID: 52777
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52777.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Babyak Deposit
Blagoevgrad Placer Deposits
Gotse Delchev Obshtina
Igralishte Pluton
Javornica
Petrich Obshtina
Pirin Mine
Pirin Mts
Ribnovo Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Acanthite	Alum	Arcanite	Artinite	Auricupride	Baryte	Berthierite	Bowieite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Halotrichite	Humite	Lillianite
Mica	Millosevichite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sabieite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite
Stillwaterite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Ullmannite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

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 Hg Ir K Mg Mo N Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alum Arcanite Artinite Auricupride Baryte Berthierite Bowieite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite Garnet Halotrichite Humite Lillianite
Mica Millosevichite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sabieite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite
Stillwaterite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite Ullmannite Vesuvianite Zircon

68 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Artinite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berthierite ()*	Bowieite ()*	Braggite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinohumite ()*
Cooperite ()*	Cuprorhodsite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Erlichmanite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Godovikovite ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*	Isoferroplatinum ()*	Kashinite ()*	Laurite ()*
Lillianite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mascagnite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*	Millosevichite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Osmium ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutheniridosmine ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tschermigite ()*	Vaesite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Violarite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	28807	2793
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	28811	272
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	28803	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	28802	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	28811	1588
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	28809	75
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	28807	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	28816	343
Bowieite ()*	Bowieite	Rh₂S₃	1	28803	33
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	1	28803	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	28802	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	28802,28807	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	28803,28807	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	28803	2600
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	28814	236
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1	28803	124
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Spinel	(Cu¹⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄	1	28803	34
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	28802	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	28802,28803,28808	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	2	28803,28807	110
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	28802,28815	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	28814	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	28802,28807	24243
Godovikovite ()*	Sabieite	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂	1	28811	19
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	28802,28803	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	28802	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	28802	14640
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1	28803	119
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	28807	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	28803,28808	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	2	28803,28807	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	28803	162
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	1	28803	128
Kashinite ()*	Bowieite	Ir₂S₃	1	28803	29
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	2	28803,28807	226
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	1	28802	128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	28802,28803,28808	14899
Mascagnite ()*	Arcanite	(NH₄)₂(SO₄)	1	28811	61
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	1	28803	44
Millosevichite ()*	Millosevichite	Al₂(SO₄)₃	1	28811	20
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	28802	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	28802,28808	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	28807	633
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	28803	169
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	28807	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	28807	1512
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	28811	265
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	28803	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	28802,28803,28807,28808	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	28802,28808,28816	61156
Rutheniridosmine ()*	None	(Ir,Os,Ru)	2	28803,28807	47
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	1	28803	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	28802,28803	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	28803	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	28807	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	2	28803,28804	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	28802	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	28803,28814	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	28816	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	28811	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	28802	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	28803,28808	4899
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	28811	81
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	1	28807	106
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	28802	1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	28807	380
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	28808	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	28803,28808	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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