Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Buruktal Massif, Buruktal District, Svetlyi, Orenburg Oblast, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 208320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buruktal Massif, Buruktal District, Svetlyi, Orenburg Oblast, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Buruktal Mine

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.

Amorphous	Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc
Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*
Hematite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nimite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrochroite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tridymite ()*
Vermiculite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum
Kaolinite Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Sepiolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc
Tridymite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	103143	1022
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	103143	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	103143	27770
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	103143	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	103143	1756
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	103143	599
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	103143	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	103143	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	103143	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	103143	14640
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	103143	62
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	103143	5591
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	103143	359
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	103143	229
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	103143	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	103143	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	103143	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	103143	17380
Nimite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Ni,Mg,Al)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	0		15
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	103143	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	103143	2994
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂	1	103143	56
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	103143	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	103143	301
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	103143	241
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	103143	3337
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	103143	433
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	103143	458
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	0		652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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