Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sikhote-Alin Mts, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 205402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sikhote-Alin Mts, Russia": 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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Iron	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Scheelite	Skutterudite
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Ullmannite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Armalcolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Gold ()*
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickel ()*
Nickeline ()*	Palladium ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Rhönite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Selenium ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tungsten ()*	Ullmannite ()*
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: Ag Al As Au Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se Si Ti W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Iron Kaolinite Mica Nickeline
None Pentlandite Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sapphirine Scheelite Skutterudite
Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Ullmannite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Armalcolite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Mg,Fe²⁺)Ti₂O₅	39
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	131
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	52
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Nickel ()*	Copper	Ni	57
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	59
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Rhönite ()*	Sapphirine	Ca₄[Mg₈Fe³⁺₂Ti₂]O₄[Si₆Al₆O₃₆]	47
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	143
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Tungsten ()*	Iron	W	23
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	293
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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