Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mirny Mine (Mir Mine; Mir Pipe; Myr Pipe), Mirny, Malo-Botuoba Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia

mindat Locality ID: 17899
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17899.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mirny Mine (Mir Mine; Mir Pipe; Myr Pipe), Mirny, Malo-Botuoba Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 62°31'47"N
Longitude: 113°59'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.529722222222,113.98722222222

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Djerfisherite	Garnet	Khatyrkite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Tochilinite	Zircon

Anyuiite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coesite ()*
Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Tochilinite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diamond Djerfisherite Garnet Khatyrkite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Tochilinite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anyuiite ()*	Khatyrkite	AuPb₂	10
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	77
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	60
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	311
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	229
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	56
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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