Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sudak Area, Crimea, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 208119
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208119.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sudak Area, Crimea, Russia": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Alchak Mountain
Morskoye Village
Perchem Mountain
Rzhavyi Mys (Rusty Cape)
Veseloye Village Area
Voronskaya Dolina (Voronskaya Valley)

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corrensite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bassanite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Strontianite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Tosudite ()*

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 Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Corrensite Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite
None Pyrite Quartz Rhabdophane Rocksalt Sphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	4	102036,102039,102040,102044	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	102038,102045	3250
Bassanite ()*	Rhabdophane	Ca(SO₄)·0.5H₂O	1	102040	82
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	102036,102038,102039,102040,102043,102044,102045	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	102040	1252
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	102044	2600
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	102038,102045	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	102036,102039	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	102044	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	102036,102039,102043,102045	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	102039,102040	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	102043,102045	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	102040	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	102044	5591
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	102038,102039,102040,102045	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	102036,102038,102039,102040,102043,102044,102045	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	102039,102040	6417
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	1	102038	73
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	102040	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	102044	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	102039	589
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	102038	299
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O	1	102038	36

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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