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Locality Name:
Gelark'unik' Province (Geghark'unik'), Armenia


mindat Locality ID: 122259
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122259.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gelark'unik' Province (Geghark'unik'), Armenia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vardenis

Latitude: 40°12'0"N
Longitude: 45°51'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.2,45.85
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteClayCopperMeloniteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
StibniteTetradymiteZemannite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bilibinskite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Chekhovichite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)
Keystoneite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Melonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)
Smirnite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tellurantimony  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Volynskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe13814489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS138149052
Bilibinskite  (*)NonePbAu3Cu2Te21381412
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1113814843
Chekhovichite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te4+4O11138145
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2138149895
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS313814105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1381424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1381430554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te13814804
Keystoneite  (*)ZemanniteMg0.5NiFe3+(Te4+O3)3·4H2O138144
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)138141487
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe213814207
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21381417380
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)31381467
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS13814767
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te31381457
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21381439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21381461156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te41381464
Smirnite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te4+O5138147
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3138143418
Tellurantimony  (*)TetradymiteSb2Te31381429
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te313814276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S13814510
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe21381464


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