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Locality Name:
Great Konya Basin, Konya Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey


mindat Locality ID: 3268
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3268.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Great Konya Basin, Konya Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ak Gol
Cakmak
Karapinar
Tiana

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: C Ca Cl H Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H Mg Na O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BlöditeCalciteClayGypsumHexahydriteNonePicromeriteRocksaltSepioliteStarkeyite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Blödite  (*)Burkeite  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eugsterite  (*)
Glauberite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Konyaite  (*)
Löweite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)
Thénardite  (*)Trona  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O1116538130
Burkeite  (*)NoneNa4(SO4)(CO3)111653647
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2116537,11653827770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211165389895
Eugsterite  (*)NoneNa4Ca(SO4)3·2H2O2116538,11653932
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)22116538,116539137
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2116537,1165386890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl4116536,116537,116538,1165391398
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O0251
Konyaite  (*)PicromeriteNa2Mg(SO4)2·5H2O111653720
Löweite  (*)NoneNa12Mg7(SO4)13·15H2O028
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O2116538,11653980
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O2116537,116538241
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O079
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)2116538,116539299
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O1116536129



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