Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yzhnyi Kurtsovskii Quarry (South Kurtsy), Ukrainka Village Area (Kurtsy), Simferopol Area, Crimea, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 208414
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208414.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yzhnyi Kurtsovskii Quarry (South Kurtsy), Ukrainka Village Area (Kurtsy), Simferopol Area, Crimea, 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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Quartz

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 C Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Quartz

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Goethite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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