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Locality Name:
Mehedinti, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 209376
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209376.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mehedinti, Romania": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Almas Mts
Jidoştiţa
Orşova (Orschowa; Orsowa)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Au C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteAuricuprideChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteHydrotalciteLöllingiteMalachiteNatrolite
NickelineNonePentlanditePerovskitePrehnitePyriteQuartzSerpentineSphaleriteSpinel

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Auricupride  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Glaukosphaerite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)
Lizardite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)
Mogánite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nimite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reevesite  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101345708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11013469052
Auricupride  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteCu3Au110134624
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110134627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O42101345,1013473902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101345951
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1101346966
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)2110134525
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1101345341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4110134587
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41101345359
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21101346762
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O41101346229
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41101345311
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)2110134534
Mogánite  (*)NoneSiO2·nH2O110134643
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1101345633
Nimite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Ni,Mg,Al)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)8110134515
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811013451512
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211013451898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110134639462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O110134589
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110134661156
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O110134548
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs21101345317
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O1101345390
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110134621482


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