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:
Muğla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey

mindat Locality ID: 24175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muğla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dalaman
Fethiye
Milâs
Muğla Ophiolite
Selçuk
Yatağan

Latitude: 37°20'0"N
Longitude: 28°8'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.333333333333,28.149722222222

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	Bowieite	Braunite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel

Braunite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Chromite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Erlichmanite ()*
Goethite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*
Iridium ()*	Kashinite ()*	Laurite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Margarite ()*
Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Osmium ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Platinum ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ruthenium ()*	Rutile ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 As C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Ni O Os Pt Ru S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Bowieite Braunite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Copper Corundum
Diaspore Lepidocrocite Mica Millerite None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Spinel

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	116380	483
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	116381	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	116380,116383	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	116385	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2	116383,116388	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	116381,116385	3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	116383	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	2	116386,116388	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	116385	4135
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	116385	110
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	116380	7437
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	116385	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	116383	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	116385	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	116385	162
Kashinite ()*	Bowieite	Ir₂S₃	1	116385	29
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	116385	226
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	116380	581
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	116383	168
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	116385	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	116385	169
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	116385	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	116385	2273
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	116385	485
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	116380	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	116380	61156
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	1	116385	46
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	116383	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	116383,116388	1516
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	116385	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050334	Selçuk, Muğla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey	https://rruff.info/R050334
R060287	Selçuk, Muğla Province, Aegean Region, Turkey	https://rruff.info/R060287

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