Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kurtsovskoye Deposit (diabases), Ukrainka Village Area (Kurtsy), Simferopol Area, Crimea, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 208415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kurtsovskoye Deposit (diabases), Ukrainka Village Area (Kurtsy), Simferopol Area, 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.

Aragonite	Blödite	Calcite	Clay	Epsomite	Hexahydrite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite
Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Fe H Mg Na O S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Blödite Calcite Clay Epsomite Hexahydrite Malachite None Not in a structural group Palygorskite
Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Blödite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Goslarite ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	130
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	188
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	251
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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