Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Felsőpetény, Cserhát Mts, Nógrád, Hungary

mindat Locality ID: 66161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Felsőpetény, Cserhát Mts, Nógrád, Hungary": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Aragonite	Aubertite	Baryte	Botryogen	Calcite	Clay	Copiapite	Corundum
Diaspore	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Khademite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Starkeyite	Sulphur

Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Botryogen ()*
Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Khademite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Mirabilite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pickeringite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Starkeyite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Thénardite ()*	Wilcoxite ()*

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Aragonite Aubertite Baryte Botryogen Calcite Clay Copiapite Corundum
Diaspore Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Kaolinite Khademite Marcasite Melanterite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Starkeyite Sulphur

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	272
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	45
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	66
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	251
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Khademite ()*	Khademite	Al(SO₄)F·5H₂O	15
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	210
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	54
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	79
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299
Wilcoxite ()*	Aubertite	MgAl(SO₄)₂F·17H₂O	11

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...