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Locality Name:
Talmessi Mine (Talmesi Mine; Telmessi Mine; Telmesi Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iran


mindat Locality ID: 2011
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2011.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Talmessi Mine (Talmesi Mine; Telmessi Mine; Telmesi Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iran": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°23'9"N
Longitude: 53°27'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.385833333333,53.463055555556
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAmorphousAtacamiteAutuniteBaryteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperCovellite
DigeniteDomeykiteFairfielditeFluoriteGypsumLöllingiteLindackeriteMalachiteMilleriteMixite
NatroautuniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePyriteRocksaltRoseliteSeelite
SkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelTyroliteVivianite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Algodonite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Galena  (*)
Koutekite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Lemanskiite  (*)Lindackerite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Maucherite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mixite  (*)Natrouranospinite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Polydymite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Roselite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Seelite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talmessite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranospinite  (*)Zaratite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)041
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S8082
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As073
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O072
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Koutekite  (*)NoneCu5As2018
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O0149
Lemanskiite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·3H2O07
Lindackerite  (*)LindackeriteCu5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·9H2O09
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As80161
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O0182
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Natrouranospinite  (*)NatroautuniteNa2(UO2)2(AsO4)2·5H2O013
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As30176
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2052
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O0105
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S40131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs20233
Roselite  (*)RoseliteCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O023
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Seelite  (*)SeeliteMg(UO2)2(AsO3,AsO4)2·7H2O05
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O046
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O051
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O056
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O0185


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X060011Talmessi Mine (Talmesi Mine; Telmessi Mine; Telmesi Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iranhttps://rruff.info/X060011

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