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Locality Name:
Kosva Massif, Karpinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 310589
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310589.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kosva Massif, Karpinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 59°31'9"N
Longitude: 59°12'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.519166666667,59.201944444444

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 Ca Co Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Co Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGypsumMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PentlanditePyritePyroxeneRocksaltSpinelTitaniteTochilinite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chromite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)
Daubréelite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Eskolaite  (*)Greigite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Kalininite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Spinel  (*)Ternesite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tochilinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS0312
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S8082
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S40157
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Eskolaite  (*)CorundumCr2O3030
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S4062
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Kalininite  (*)SpinelZnCr2S404
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Ternesite  (*)NoneCa5(SiO4)2(SO4)08
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]056



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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