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Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, USAi
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BloomingtonCity
Monroe CountyCounty
IndianaState
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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Bloomington84,067 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
225956
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:225956:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Bloomington, Indiana, États-Unis
German:
Bloomington, Indiana, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Bloomington, Indiana, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Блумингтон, Индиана, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
布卢明顿, 印第安纳州, 美国
Spanish:
Bloomington, Indiana, Estados Unidos
Arabic:
بلومنقتون, إنديانا, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Բլումինգտոն, Ինդիանա, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Bloomington , Indiana
Belarusian:
Блумінгтан, Індыяна, Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі
Bengali:
ব্লুমিংটন, ইন্ডিয়ানা, মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Блумингтън, Индиана, Съединени американски щати
Catalan:
Bloomington, Indiana, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Cebuano:
Bloomington, Indiana
Czech:
Bloomington, Indiana, Spojené státy americké
Danish:
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Dutch:
Bloomington, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
Esperanto:
Bloomington, Indianao
Estonian:
Bloomington, Indiana, Ameerika Ühendriigid
Faroese:
Bloomington, Indiana
Farsi/Persian:
بلومینگتون، ایندیانا, ایندیانا, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Finnish:
Bloomington, Indiana, Yhdysvallat
Greek:
Μπλούμιγκτον, Ιντιάνα, Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής
Haitian:
Bloomington, Indiana, Etazini
Hebrew:
בלומינגטון, אינדיאנה, ארצות הברית
Hindi:
ब्लूमिंगटन, इण्डियाना, संयुक्त राज्य
Hungarian:
Bloomington, Indiana, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Ido:
Bloomington, Indiana, Usa
Interlingua:
Bloomington, Indiana, Statos Unite de America
Japanese:
ブルーミントン, インディアナ州, アメリカ合衆国
Korean:
블루밍턴, 인디애나주, 미국
Latin:
Bloomingtonia, Indiana, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Latvian:
Blūmingtona, Indiāna, Amerikas Savienotās Valstis
Luxembourgish:
Bloomington, Indiana, Vereenegt Staate vun Amerika
Malagasy:
Bloomington, Indiana, Etazonia
Norwegian:
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Polish:
Bloomington, Indiana, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Bloomington, Indiana, Estados Unidos
Punjabi:
ਬਲੂਮਿੰਗਟਨ, ਇੰਡੀਆਨਾ, ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ
Romanian:
Bloomington, Indiana, Statele Unite ale Americii
Serbian:
Блумингтон, Индијана, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Bloomington, Indiana, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Slovenian:
Bloomington, Indiana, Združene države Amerike
South Azerbaijani:
بلومینقتون، ایندیانا, ایندیانا ایالتی, آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری
Swedish:
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Traditional Chinese:
布盧明頓, 印第安納州, 美國
Turkish:
Bloomington, Indiana, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Блумінгтон, Індіана, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
بلومنگٹن، انڈیانا, انڈیانا, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Bloomington, Indiana, Amerika Qoʻshma Shtatlari
Volapük:
Bloomington, Indiana, Lamerikän
Waray:
Bloomington, Indiana, Estados Unidos
Welsh:
Bloomington, Indiana, Unol Daleithiau America


Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the central region of the U.S. state of Indiana. It is the seventh-largest city in Indiana and the fourth-largest outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. According to the Monroe County History Center, Bloomington is known as the "Gateway to Scenic Southern Indiana". The city was established in 1818 by a group of settlers from Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and Virginia who were so impressed with "a haven of blooms" that they called it Bloomington.

Bloomington is an area of irregular limestone terrain characterized by sinks, ravines, fissures, underground streams, sinking streams, springs and caves.

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Mineral List

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20 valid minerals. 1 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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Detailed Mineral List:

'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Celestine
Formula: SrSO4
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Dolomite var. Iron-bearing Dolomite
Formula: Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
Epsomite
Formula: MgSO4 · 7H2O
'Glauconite'
Formula: K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Millerite
Formula: NiS
Native Sulphur
Formula: S8
Nitrocalcite
Formula: Ca(NO3)2 · 4H2O
'Petroleum var. Bitumen'
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Smithsonite
Formula: ZnCO3
Smythite (TL)
Formula: (Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x=0-0.3)
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Strontianite
Formula: SrCO3

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Native Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Smythite (TL)2.CC.10(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x=0-0.3)
Millerite2.CC.20NiS
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
var. Iron-bearing Dolomite5.AB.10Ca(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Strontianite5.AB.15SrCO3
Nitrocalcite5.NC.10Ca(NO3)2 · 4H2O
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Celestine7.AD.35SrSO4
Epsomite7.CB.40MgSO4 · 7H2O
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Unclassified
'Glauconite'-K0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
'Petroleum
var. Bitumen'
-
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
H GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H NitrocalciteCa(NO3)2 · 4H2O
H ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C CalciteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C SideriteFeCO3
C SmithsoniteZnCO3
C StrontianiteSrCO3
C Dolomite var. Iron-bearing DolomiteCa(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
NNitrogen
N NitrocalciteCa(NO3)2 · 4H2O
OOxygen
O AragoniteCaCO3
O BaryteBaSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O CelestineSrSO4
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
O GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O NitrocalciteCa(NO3)2 · 4H2O
O QuartzSiO2
O SideriteFeCO3
O SmithsoniteZnCO3
O StrontianiteSrCO3
O Dolomite var. Iron-bearing DolomiteCa(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
F ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Mg EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
Mg GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Mg Dolomite var. Iron-bearing DolomiteCa(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
AlAluminium
Al GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
SiSilicon
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
S CelestineSrSO4
S EpsomiteMgSO4 · 7H2O
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S MarcasiteFeS2
S MilleriteNiS
S PyriteFeS2
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
S Smythite(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x=0-0.3)
S SphaleriteZnS
S Native SulphurS8
ClChlorine
Cl ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
K GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca NitrocalciteCa(NO3)2 · 4H2O
Ca Dolomite var. Iron-bearing DolomiteCa(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FeIron
Fe GlauconiteK0.60-0.85(Fe3+,Mg,Al)2(Si,Al)4O10](OH)2
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Fe SideriteFeCO3
Fe Smythite(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x=0-0.3)
Fe Dolomite var. Iron-bearing DolomiteCa(Mg,Fe)(CO3)2
NiNickel
Ni MilleriteNiS
Ni Smythite(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x=0-0.3)
ZnZinc
Zn SmithsoniteZnCO3
Zn SphaleriteZnS
SrStrontium
Sr CelestineSrSO4
Sr StrontianiteSrCO3
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.

Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed345 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed359 Ma (Late/Upper Devonian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Edwardsville Limestone1358.9 - 345.3 Ma (Paleozoic)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Polysacos vickersianum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Polysacos : Polysacos vickersianum358.9 - 345.3 Ma
Paleozoic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomington,_Indiana
Wikidata ID:Q490385
GeoNames ID:4254679

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