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Phlogopite from
Poina Ruscă Formation, Hunedoara County, Romania


Locality type:Formation
Classification
Species:Phlogopite
Formula:KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Phlogopite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Poina Ruscă Formation, Hunedoara County, Romania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1412221
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1412221:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Phlogopite
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘUroi Hill (Arany Hill), Simeria, Hunedoara County, Romania
44.2km (27.5 miles) ⓘMarga Hill, Marga, Caraş-Severin County, Romania
47.7km (29.7 miles) ⓘGradistea de Munte deposit, Hunedoara County, Romania
68.2km (42.4 miles) ⓘAntoniu ore pipe, Băiţa mining district, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania
81.8km (50.8 miles) ⓘAleului Valley, Pietroasa, Bihor County, Romania
86.8km (53.9 miles) ⓘValea Rea skarn, Pietroasa, Bihor County, Romania
98.3km (61.1 miles) ⓘIara Mine, Iara, Cluj County, Romania
References
Kräutner, F. (1969). Magmatites finales alcalines quaternaires dans la partie NE du massif de Poiana Rusca. Rev. Roum. Géol. Géophys. Géogr., Sér. Géol, 13, 47-67.
Downes, H., Vaselli, O., Seghedi, I., Ingram, G., Rex, D., Coradossi, N., ... & Pinarelli, L. (1995). Geochemistry of late Cretaceous-early Tertiary magmatism in Poiana Rusca (Romania). Acta Vulcanologica, 7, 209-218.
Tschegg, C., Ntaflos, T., Seghedi, I., Harangi, S., Kosler, J., & Coltorti, M. (2010). Paleogene alkaline magmatism in the South Carpathians (Poiana Ruscă, Romania): Asthenosperic melts with geodynamic and lithospheric information. Lithos, 120(3-4), 393-406.
 
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