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Locality Name:
Balkan, Turkmenistan


mindat Locality ID: 146869
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146869.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balkan, Turkmenistan": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cheleken Peninsula
Garabogazkol (Kara Bogaz Gol)
Uzun-su

Latitude: 40°3'23"N
Longitude: 54°7'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.056388888889,54.126388888889
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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAtacamiteBaryteBlöditeCopperDiasporeEpsomiteGypsumHexahydriteMelanterite
NolaniteNoneOxalateRocksaltSphalerite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Baryte  (*)Blödite  (*)Boleite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cumengeite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glauberite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Laurionite  (*)Lead  (*)Lüneburgite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Moolooite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Natron  (*)Paratacamite  (*)
Polyhalite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11167962734
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31116796544
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111679611547
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O2116798,116799130
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48111679565
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11167981252
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O111679643
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1116798484
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)22116794,11679686
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111679624243
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)21116798137
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11167967437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3116796,116798,1167996890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl2116798,1167991398
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O1116798251
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611167962228
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)111679649
Lead  (*)CopperPb1116796192
Lüneburgite  (*)NoneMg3[B2(OH)6(PO4)2]·6H2O2116798,11679914
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1116797915
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O2116798,116799223
Moolooite  (*)OxalateCu(C2O4)·nH2O111679611
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61116796254
Natron  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)·10H2O111679851
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)61116796158
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O1116798102
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O111679773
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111679621482
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1116799299


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