Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Berkuty Dyke Field, Berkuty Stream, Sarysu, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 340
Youngest recorded age at locality: 340

mindat Locality ID: 18592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Berkuty Dyke Field, Berkuty Stream, Sarysu, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Fluorite	None	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Tridymite

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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Fluorite None Pyroxene Sodalite Tridymite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Sodalite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	340	340	1022
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	340	340	295
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	340	340	232
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	340	340	9617
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	340	340	884
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	340	340	375
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	340	340	444

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00502	340	340	L. Carboniferous							Yes			Cu	16634	Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan	Dzhambul	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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