Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Alushta, Crimea, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 51060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-51060.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alushta, Crimea, Russia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ayu-Dag Mountain
Bondarenkovo Village (Karabakh)
Kastel Mountain
Privetnoe Village (Uskyut)
Solnechnogorsk Village (Kuru-Uzen')

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corrensite	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Sulphur	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fayalite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Grunerite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Margarite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Siderotil ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Thénardite ()*	Tosudite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Corrensite Diaspore Epidote Garnet Gypsum Hexahydrite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Sulphur Vesuvianite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	101933	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	101934,101935	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	101936	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	101933	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	101934	3250
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	101933	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	101933	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	101936	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	101933,101934,101935	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	101933,101936	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	101934	577
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	101936	2600
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	101933	1008
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	101933,101934,101936	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	101933,101935	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	101933	371
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	101933,101936	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	101933,101935,101936	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	101933	1544
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	101933	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	101933,101936	6890
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	101936	251
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	101934	234
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	101933	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	101933	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	101933,101936	5674
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	101933	168
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	101933	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	101933	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	101937	112
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	101933	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	101933,101934,101935	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	101933	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	101933,101934,101935,101936	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	101933	6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	101933	84
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	101933,101936	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	101933,101935	2045
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	101933	299
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O	3	101934,101936,101937	36
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	101933	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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