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Locality Name:
Malo-Bystrinskoe Lazurite Deposit, Malaya Bystraya River Valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 481
Youngest recorded age at locality: 481

mindat Locality ID: 2748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malo-Bystrinskoe Lazurite Deposit, Malaya Bystraya River Valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°40'50"N
Longitude: 103°25'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.680555555556,103.42166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayMicaNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzSodaliteSulphur

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Afghanite  (*)Bystrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Graphite  (*)Haüyne  (*)Lazurite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sodalite  (*)Sulfhydrylbystrite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tounkite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Afghanite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite(Na,K)22Ca10(Si24Al24)O96(SO4)6Cl6481481025
Bystrite  (*)Cancrinite-sodaliteNa7Ca(Al6Si6)O24(S5)2-Cl1-48148101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)481481027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O4814810310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2481481027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O648148104135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)248148109895
Graphite  (*)NoneC48148102812
Haüyne  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa3Ca(Si3Al3)O12(SO4)4814810158
Lazurite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa7Ca(Al6Si6O24)(SO4)(S3)1-·H2O481481037
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)248148102273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2481481039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2481481061156
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl4814810444
Sulfhydrylbystrite  (*)Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodaliteNa5K2Ca[Al6Si6O24](S5)2-(SH)-48148101
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS48148102045
Tounkite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite(Na,Ca,K)8(Si6Al6)O24(SO4)2Cl·0.5H2O48148102


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Cr-00031481481 U-Pb    YesChromite, Chromphyllite, Eskolaite, Florensovite, Kalininite, Magnesiochromite, Uvarovite, Cuprokalininite, Oxy-chromium-dravite, Vanadio-oxy-chromium-draviteCr8185Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia Kotov et al. (1997) P5_338 
Cr-00030481481      YesChromium-dravite, Chromite, Chromphyllite, Eskolaite, UvaroviteCr20554Kaber's Pit, Pokhabikha River Valley, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia Kotov et al. (1997) P5_338 

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