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Locality Name:
Vas, Hungary


mindat Locality ID: 53889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vas, Hungary": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kemeneshát
Kissomlyó
Kőszegi Mts
Vas Hill

Latitude: 47°16'59"N
Longitude: 16°28'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.283055555556,16.474722222222

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAragoniteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDevillineDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparGypsumMalachiteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentine
SpinelStibniteTalcTitaniteUllmannite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-glaucophane  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mullite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2365625,65634,656353419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)365625,65630,656358803
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4165634708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)365620,65622,656343250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61656202060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)765620,65622,65625,65626,65630,65634,6563527770
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O165634366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21656349895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6165634944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)265625,656318173
Ferro-glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Al2)Si8O22(OH)216563726
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16563424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)665625,65626,65630,65631,65634,656357437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1656292812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1656346890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3365620,65625,6562814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3365620,65634,656375433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61656342228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4365620,65634,6563714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2265634,6563512537
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)16562078
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS165634767
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4165634131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2565623,65626,65631,65634,6563539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21656303106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2665625,65626,65630,65631,65634,6563561156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O165630177
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2265634,65635375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21656305614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)265630,656346417
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31656343418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21656343337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1656374899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21656342562
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS165634293
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4165634380



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