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Locality Name:
Popigai Impact Crater, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 56579
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56579.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Popigai Impact Crater, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Skalnoe Deposit

Latitude: 71°30'18"N
Longitude: 110°23'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 71.505,110.39777777778

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 Fe Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBerylCopperCorundumCristobaliteDiamondFeldsparIronNickelineNone
PentlanditePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelTridymiteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Chaoite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)
Diamond  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Lechatelierite  (*)Lonsdaleite  (*)Mullite  (*)Nickel  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silicon  (*)Taenite  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Chaoite  (*)NoneC05
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1102545697
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6084
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Iron  (*)IronFe01089
Lechatelierite  (*)AmorphousSiO2062
Lonsdaleite  (*)NoneC110254513
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)078
Nickel  (*)CopperNi057
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Silicon  (*)DiamondSi110254521
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)0703
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS01044
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11025455251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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