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


mindat Locality ID: 219111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ukrainka Village Area (Kurtsy), Simferopol Area, Crimea, Russia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kurtsovskoye Deposit (diabases)
Severnyi Kurtsovskii Quarry (North Kyrtsy)
Yzhnyi Kurtsovskii Quarry (South Kurtsy)

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteBlöditeBrochantiteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisite
DiasporeEpidoteEpsomiteHarmotomeHeulanditeHexahydriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMordenite
NatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePrehnitePyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinel

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Blödite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Goslarite  (*)
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Phillipsite-Ca  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11020301627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22102030,1020313092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2102029,1020313250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110203011547
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O1102029130
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611020301633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3102029,102030,10203127770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21102030309
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11020303531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811020301756
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22102030,1020319895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11020318173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O1102029484
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2102030,1020317437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O1102029188
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O1102030246
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O1102029251
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411020305591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1102030593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O3102029,102030,1020311271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110203014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22102029,10203012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1102030770
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11020291508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1102030405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O11020301236
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O3102029,102030,102031306
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)HarmotomeCa3(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O110203075
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1102030309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211020301898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22102029,10203039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23102029,102030,10203161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11020316417
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1102030299



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