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:
Morotu River, Morotu (Morotsu; Morutu), Sakhalin Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 248277
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248277.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morotu River, Morotu (Morotsu; Morutu), Sakhalin Island, Sakhalin Oblast, 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.

Amphibole	Garnet	None	Pyroxene	Sapphirine

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 Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Garnet None Pyroxene Sapphirine

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*
Kaersutite ()*	Morimotoite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	286
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	133
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	179
Morimotoite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃(TiFe²⁺)(SiO₄)₃	6

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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