Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Almas Mts, Mehedinti, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 233658
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233658.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Almas Mts, Mehedinti, Romania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Eibenthal

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.

Chlorite	Clay	Hydrotalcite	Löllingite	Malachite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Prehnite
Serpentine	Spinel

Antigorite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Glaukosphaerite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Hydrotalcite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Mcguinnessite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Nimite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*	Reevesite ()*
Safflorite ()*	Scolecite ()*

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 Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chlorite Clay Hydrotalcite Löllingite Malachite Natrolite Nickeline None Pentlandite Prehnite
Serpentine Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	101345	708
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	101345	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	101345	951
Glaukosphaerite ()*	Malachite	CuNi(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	101345	25
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	101345	341
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	1	101345	87
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	101345	359
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	101345	311
Mcguinnessite ()*	Malachite	CuMg(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	101345	34
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	101345	633
Nimite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Ni,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	101345	15
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	101345	1512
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	101345	1898
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	101345	89
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	101345	48
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	101345	317
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	101345	390

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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