Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ayu-Dag Mountain, Alushta, Crimea, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 208011
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208011.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ayu-Dag Mountain, Alushta, Crimea, 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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Grunerite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Margarite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Siderotil ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Thénardite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Garnet
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Vesuvianite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	718
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	371
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	168
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	84
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	299
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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