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Locality Name:
Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 14954
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14954.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Kusinsk Fe-Ti-V-deposit
Kuvashie Gory (Kyrchamsk)
Nazyamskie Mts
Perovskitovaya Mine
Shishimskie Mts

Latitude: 55°9'59"N
Longitude: 59°37'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.166388888889,59.633055555556

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H Hg Ir Mg Na Nb O Os P Pd Ru S Si Th Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Ce Fe H Hg Ir Mg Nb O Os Pd Ru S Si Th Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAmphiboleApatiteBarringeriteBaryteBruciteCalciteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGarnetHumiteMicaNoneOlivinePerovskite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTalcTitaniteVesuvianite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Atheneite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clintonite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylchondrodite  (*)Hydroxylclinohumite  (*)
Magnesioferrite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutheniridosmine  (*)Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6043
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1101880706
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20718
Atheneite  (*)BarringeritePd2(As0.75Hg0.25)015
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110187811547
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21101881462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3101877,101880,10188127770
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)84101877,101880,101881,1018831756
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)23101880,101881,10188386
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62101880,1018814135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2101877,1018808173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11018832740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11018811188
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31101883504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11018777437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311018801544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110188014640
Hydroxylchondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2(OH)211018821
Hydroxylclinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4(OH)22101877,10187816
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O4110188198
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42101877,10188014899
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO34101877,101880,101881,101882495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutheniridosmine  (*)None(Ir,Os,Ru)047
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O411018771934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2101880,1018814899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011018801395



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050377Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russiahttps://rruff.info/R050377


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