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Locality Name:
Bulla Island (Bulli Island; Ostrov Bulla; Khara-Zire), Caspian Sea, Qobustan District (Gobustan; Kobustan), Azerbaijan


mindat Locality ID: 22400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bulla Island (Bulli Island; Ostrov Bulla; Khara-Zire), Caspian Sea, Qobustan District (Gobustan; Kobustan), Azerbaijan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°59'23"N
Longitude: 49°38'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.989722222222,49.643333333333
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 B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCopperCristobaliteDiasporeIronKaoliniteMica
NolaniteNonePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelSulphurTobermorite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Akdalaite  (*)Aluminium  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Diopside  (*)Goethite  (*)Halite  (*)Hydroboracite  (*)
Iron  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nekoite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Okenite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sinjarite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Wüstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akdalaite  (*)NolaniteAl10O14(OH)206
Aluminium  (*)CopperAl027
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O042
Iron  (*)IronFe01089
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nekoite  (*)NoneCa3Si6O15·7H2O08
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O071
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sinjarite  (*)NoneCaCl2·2H2O04
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)0114
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO074


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070230Bulla Island (Bulli Island; Ostrov Bulla; Khara-Zire), Caspian Sea, Qobustan District (Gobustan; Kobustan), Azerbaijanhttps://rruff.info/R070230

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