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Locality Name:
Kester Deposit, Arga-Ynnakh-Khaya Granite Massif, Yana-Adycha Region, Yana River Basin, Verkhoyansk District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia


mindat Locality ID: 19361
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19361.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kester Deposit, Arga-Ynnakh-Khaya Granite Massif, Yana-Adycha Region, Yana River Basin, Verkhoyansk District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), 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
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: Ag Al As Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Na O P S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Na O P S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteAndyrobertsiteApatiteArsenolampriteArsenoliteArthuriteChalcopyriteClayCopper
FluoriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskiteQuartzRutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite
TobermoriteTurquoise

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Augelite  (*)
Batagayite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Epifanovite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Herzenbergite  (*)Kësterite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Mushistonite  (*)Natanite  (*)
Planerite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sampleite  (*)Slavkovite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F0244
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O30231
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O035
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3079
Batagayite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaZn2(Zn,Cu)6(PO4)4[PO3(OH)]3·12H2O01
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Epifanovite  (*)AndyrobertsiteNaCaCu5(PO4)4[AsO2(OH)2]·7H2O01
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS035
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4082
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)0200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Mushistonite  (*)PerovskiteCu2+Sn4+(OH)607
Natanite  (*)PerovskiteFe2+Sn4+(OH)6014
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O043
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O040
Slavkovite  (*)NoneCu13(AsO4)6(AsO3OH)4·23H2O0005
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)0114
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2056


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