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Locality Name:
Sarıkaya B Deposit, Kirka, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey


mindat Locality ID: 23285
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23285.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sarıkaya B Deposit, Kirka, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°17'0"N
Longitude: 30°33'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.283333333333,30.55

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 As B C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si Sr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBrianroulstoniteCalciteClayFeldsparGypsumMicaNoneOrpimentQuartz
Smectite-vermiculite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Borax  (*)Brianroulstonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Colemanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydroboracite  (*)Hydrochlorborite  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Inderborite  (*)Inderite  (*)Inyoite  (*)Kernite  (*)
Kurnakovite  (*)Meyerhofferite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Priceite  (*)Probertite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Searlesite  (*)Tincalconite  (*)Tunellite  (*)Ulexite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O076
Brianroulstonite  (*)BrianroulstoniteCa3B5O6(OH)7Cl2·8H2O03
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O0144
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O042
Hydrochlorborite  (*)NoneCa2B3O3(OH)4·BO(OH)3Cl·7H2O03
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Inderborite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O3(OH)5]2·6H2O04
Inderite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O013
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O034
Kernite  (*)NoneNa2B4O6(OH)2·3H2O010
Kurnakovite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O015
Meyerhofferite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·H2O023
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Priceite  (*)NoneCa2B5O7(OH)5·H2O033
Probertite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O029
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Searlesite  (*)NoneNaBSi2O5(OH)2034
Tincalconite  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·3H2O029
Tunellite  (*)NoneSrB6O9(OH)2·3H2O012
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O0160



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