Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vermiculite Quarry, Potaniny Gory, Kasli, Kaslinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 211668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vermiculite Quarry, Potaniny Gory, Kasli, Kaslinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Smectite-vermiculite	Tridymite	Zircon

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None Smectite-vermiculite Tridymite Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Annite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Microcline ()*
Nepheline ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	356
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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