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Locality Name:
Serpentinite Quarry, Gyilkos Creek, Racoş (Racoşu De Jos), Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely; Oderhellen), Harghita, Romania


mindat Locality ID: 226508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Serpentinite Quarry, Gyilkos Creek, Racoş (Racoşu De Jos), Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely; Oderhellen), Harghita, Romania": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cr Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeChalcopyriteChloriteClayMilleriteNickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePyrite
PyroxeneSerpentineSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Antigorite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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