Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rzhavyi Mys (Rusty Cape), Sudak Area, Crimea, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 208072
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208072.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rzhavyi Mys (Rusty Cape), Sudak 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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhabdophane

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: C Ca Fe H K Ni O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz Rhabdophane

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Bassanite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Gypsum ()*
Jarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smythite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	82
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	77

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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