Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Katowice - Piekary Śląskie Area Slag Dumps, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

mindat Locality ID: 270615
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270615.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Katowice - Piekary Śląskie Area Slag Dumps, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland": 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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Corundum	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	None	Not in a structural group	Wurtzite

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: C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Corundum Gypsum Hydrotalcite None Not in a structural group Wurtzite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Lansfordite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*	Rapidcreekite ()*
Zincite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	341
Lansfordite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·5H₂O	17
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	89
Rapidcreekite ()*	None	Ca₂(SO₄)(CO₃)·4H₂O	10
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	98

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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