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Locality Name:
Nerchinsk Gem Mines, Nerchinsk (Nertschinsk), Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 195506
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195506.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nerchinsk Gem Mines, Nerchinsk (Nertschinsk), Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Adun-Cholon Range
Borshchovochnyi Kryazh

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Au B Be Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Na O S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBerylBismutiteCopperFeldsparFluoriteMatlockiteNoneQuartz
RutileStibniteTopazTourmaline

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Jeremejevite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Topaz  (*)Zavaritskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11043829052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O187104381,104382,104383,104384,104385,104386,1043884286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11043821966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311043821935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1104382716
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211043825171
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3104382,104386,104388520
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22104382,1043869617
Gold  (*)CopperAu110438230554
Jeremejevite  (*)NoneAl6(BO3)5F3110438615
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4104381,104382,104386,1043882349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25104381,104382,104383,104386,10438861156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11043831153
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F25104381,104382,104383,104384,1043881476
Zavaritskite  (*)MatlockiteBiOF110438226


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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