Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Astaf'evskoe Quartz Deposit (Astafievskoe), Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 192610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Astaf'evskoe Quartz Deposit (Astafievskoe), Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yuzhnyi Quarry

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.

Clay	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Thortveitite	Vivianite	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 As Ca F Fe H K Ni O P S Sc Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Fluorite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Thortveitite Vivianite Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Annabergite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Thortveitite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	101636	445
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	101636	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	101636	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	101636	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	101636	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	101636	5614
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	1	101636	54
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	101636	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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