Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Avachinsky Volcano (Avacha Volcano; Avachinskaya Sopka), Kamchatka Krai, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 145870
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145870.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avachinsky Volcano (Avacha Volcano; Avachinskaya Sopka), Kamchatka Krai, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°15'18"N
Longitude: 158°49'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.255,158.82944444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amorphous	Copper	Diamond	Iron	Löllingite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Tridymite
Wurtzite

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 C Ca Fe H I Mg Ni O S Si Tl

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Fe H I Mg Ni O S Si Tl

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Copper Diamond Iron Löllingite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Tridymite
Wurtzite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunogen ()*	Augite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Forsterite ()*
Ice ()*	Iron ()*	Löllingite ()*	Moissanite ()*	Nataliyamalikite ()*
Nickel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	272
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Ice ()*	Amorphous Tridymite	H₂O	59
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC	57
Nataliyamalikite ()*	None	TlI	1
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	57

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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