Predictive Mineralogy
Possible unrecorded species at Bistriţa Mn belt, Romania
This table is based on statistical analysis of other localities containing similar species to the ones found at this locality.
Possible missing species | Formula | Match % | Due to recorded presence of |
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Quartz | SiO2 | 100.00% | Alleghanyite (60.00 %), Bannisterite (68.00 %), Barytocalcite (64.08 %), Benstonite (68.00 %), Calderite (77.27 %), Caryopilite (74.73 %), Friedelite (70.18 %), Humite (64.00 %), Johannsenite (77.42 %), Kellyite (87.50 %), Leucophoenicite (83.33 %), Magnetite (50.54 %), Manganhumite (76.47 %), Mangano-ferri-eckermannite (66.67 %), Minnesotaite (60.56 %), Nambulite (81.25 %), Natronambulite (70.00 %), Norrishite (75.00 %), Omphacite (61.03 %), Parsettensite (89.13 %), Pennantite (80.65 %), Pyrophanite (64.31 %), Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (76.47 %), Pyroxmangite (72.89 %), Rhodonite (57.80 %), Ribbeite (53.33 %), Schallerite (69.23 %), Sonolite (66.67 %), Spessartine (76.38 %), Tephroite (54.74 %), Winchite (67.69 %), Yoshimuraite (83.33 %) |
Rhodochrosite | MnCO3 | 99.99% | Alleghanyite (86.67 %), Bannisterite (72.00 %), Calderite (59.09 %), Caryopilite (83.52 %), Friedelite (78.95 %), Kellyite (87.50 %), Leucophoenicite (75.00 %), Manganhumite (82.35 %), Mangano-ferri-eckermannite (83.33 %), Nambulite (68.75 %), Natronambulite (80.00 %), Norrishite (75.00 %), Parsettensite (71.74 %), Pennantite (54.84 %), Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (82.35 %), Pyroxmangite (74.70 %), Ribbeite (60.00 %), Schallerite (76.92 %), Sonolite (87.30 %), Tephroite (72.63 %), Yoshimuraite (83.33 %) |
Calcite | CaCO3 | 99.99% | Alleghanyite (53.33 %), Bannisterite (76.00 %), Barytocalcite (76.70 %), Benstonite (72.00 %), Calderite (59.09 %), Caryopilite (70.33 %), Friedelite (78.95 %), Humite (75.00 %), Johannsenite (74.19 %), Kellyite (56.25 %), Leucophoenicite (75.00 %), Manganhumite (82.35 %), Minnesotaite (61.97 %), Nambulite (50.00 %), Norrishite (62.50 %), Parsettensite (76.09 %), Pennantite (67.74 %), Pyrophanite (56.90 %), Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (79.41 %), Pyroxmangite (53.01 %), Ribbeite (60.00 %), Schallerite (69.23 %), Xonotlite (64.71 %) |
Baryte | BaSO4 | 99.99% | Barytocalcite (74.76 %), Benstonite (60.00 %), Friedelite (56.14 %), Leucophoenicite (66.67 %), Manganhumite (70.59 %), Nambulite (62.50 %), Natronambulite (50.00 %), Norrishite (62.50 %), Pennantite (58.06 %), Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (55.88 %), Schallerite (84.62 %), Yoshimuraite (66.67 %) |
Pyrite | FeS2 | 99.99% | Barytocalcite (56.31 %), Friedelite (54.39 %), Humite (62.00 %), Johannsenite (66.67 %), Kellyite (50.00 %), Leucophoenicite (75.00 %), Norrishite (50.00 %), Pennantite (54.84 %), Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (70.59 %), Pyroxmangite (52.41 %) |
Hematite | Fe2O3 | 99.97% | Bannisterite (56.00 %), Calderite (54.55 %), Friedelite (54.39 %), Leucophoenicite (75.00 %), Nambulite (56.25 %), Natronambulite (50.00 %), Norrishite (50.00 %), Pennantite (51.61 %), Schallerite (76.92 %) |
Hausmannite | Mn2+Mn3+2O4 | 99.94% | Caryopilite (56.04 %), Kellyite (50.00 %), Leucophoenicite (66.67 %), Manganhumite (64.71 %), Nambulite (56.25 %), Norrishite (50.00 %), Pennantite (51.61 %), Ribbeite (60.00 %), Schallerite (53.85 %) |
Jacobsite | Mn2+Fe3+2O4 | 99.93% | Kellyite (56.25 %), Leucophoenicite (66.67 %), Manganhumite (52.94 %), Natronambulite (50.00 %), Ribbeite (60.00 %), Schallerite (69.23 %), Sonolite (50.79 %), Yoshimuraite (66.67 %) |
Aegirine | NaFe3+Si2O6 | 99.76% | Leucophoenicite (50.00 %), Mangano-ferri-eckermannite (83.33 %), Nambulite (62.50 %), Natronambulite (70.00 %), Norrishite (75.00 %) |
Braunite | Mn2+Mn3+6(SiO4)O8 | 99.08% | Nambulite (62.50 %), Natronambulite (50.00 %), Norrishite (62.50 %), Parsettensite (60.87 %), Yoshimuraite (66.67 %) |
Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) | 98.12% | Leucophoenicite (58.33 %), Norrishite (50.00 %), Parsettensite (50.00 %), Pyrophanite (54.88 %), Winchite (60.00 %) |
Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 96.99% | Leucophoenicite (58.33 %), Manganhumite (58.82 %), Schallerite (61.54 %), Spessartine (54.51 %) |
Kutnohorite | CaMn2+(CO3)2 | 93.21% | Leucophoenicite (50.00 %), Manganhumite (64.71 %), Schallerite (61.54 %) |
Clinochlore | Mg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8 | 84.61% | Leucophoenicite (66.67 %), Schallerite (53.85 %) |
Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 | 84.00% | Humite (68.00 %), Leucophoenicite (50.00 %) |
Andradite | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 83.33% | Leucophoenicite (66.67 %), Norrishite (50.00 %) |
Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O | 80.76% | Leucophoenicite (58.33 %), Schallerite (53.85 %) |
Bementite | Mn7Si6O15(OH)8 | 80.39% | Leucophoenicite (58.33 %), Manganhumite (52.94 %) |
Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 79.82% | Humite (62.00 %), Johannsenite (72.04 %), Leucophoenicite (58.33 %), Pennantite (58.06 %), Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (64.71 %), Yoshimuraite (66.67 %) |
Sphalerite | ZnS | 79.56% | Barytocalcite (59.22 %), Humite (50.00 %), Johannsenite (69.89 %), Leucophoenicite (75.00 %), Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (64.71 %) |
Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 79.50% | Humite (59.00 %), Leucophoenicite (50.00 %) |
Galena | PbS | 79.05% | Barytocalcite (57.28 %), Johannsenite (68.82 %), Leucophoenicite (75.00 %), Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (64.71 %) |
Clino-suenoite | ◻{Mn2+2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 | 76.47% | Manganhumite (76.47 %) |
Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) | 75.00% | Leucophoenicite (50.00 %), Norrishite (50.00 %) |
Aragonite | CaCO3 | 75.00% | Leucophoenicite (75.00 %) |
Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F | 66.66% | Yoshimuraite (66.67 %) |
Siderite | FeCO3 | 63.38% | Minnesotaite (63.38 %) |
Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 61.11% | Leucophoenicite (50.00 %), Thorianite (52.80 %) |
Manganosite | MnO | 58.82% | Manganhumite (58.82 %) |
Rutile | TiO2 | 58.82% | Omphacite (58.82 %) |
Bustamite | CaMn2+(Si2O6) | 58.33% | Leucophoenicite (58.33 %) |
Goethite | α-Fe3+O(OH) | 58.33% | Leucophoenicite (58.33 %) |
Pyrochroite | Mn(OH)2 | 58.33% | Leucophoenicite (58.33 %) |
Vesuvianite | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 | 58.33% | Leucophoenicite (58.33 %) |
Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 | 55.00% | Humite (55.00 %) |
Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 | 53.84% | Schallerite (53.85 %) |
Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) | 52.68% | Johannsenite (52.69 %) |
Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS | 51.00% | Humite (51.00 %) |
Galaxite | Mn2+Al2O4 | 50.00% | Kellyite (50.00 %) |
Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 | 50.00% | Leucophoenicite (50.00 %) |
Lizardite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 | 50.00% | Leucophoenicite (50.00 %) |
Microcline | K(AlSi3O8) | 50.00% | Leucophoenicite (50.00 %) |
Richterite | Na(NaCa)Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 | 50.00% | Leucophoenicite (50.00 %) |
Groutite | Mn3+O(OH) | 50.00% | Norrishite (50.00 %) |
Namansilite | NaMn3+Si2O6 | 50.00% | Norrishite (50.00 %) |
Pectolite | NaCa2Si3O8(OH) | 50.00% | Norrishite (50.00 %) |
Serandite | NaMn2+2Si3O8(OH) | 50.00% | Norrishite (50.00 %) |
Sugilite | KNa2Fe3+2Li3[Si12O30] | 50.00% | Norrishite (50.00 %) |
Copper | Cu | 46.66% | Leucophoenicite (58.33 %) |
Genthelvite | Be3Zn4(SiO4)3S | 45.71% | Nelenite (57.14 %) |
Azurite | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 40.00% | Leucophoenicite (50.00 %) |
Chalcocite | Cu2S | 40.00% | Leucophoenicite (50.00 %) |
Key: Mineral matches key element mineralogy of deposit Key element(s) in mineral not listed for deposit (-20% score)
Predicting paragenetic modes of deposit
Green indicates almost certain match based on minerals unique to a certain deposit type. Yellow indicates a possibly poor match, but should not be entirely discounted. Scores > 100 indicate strong confidence.