Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ayvalık, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

mindat Locality ID: 219752
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219752.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ayvalık, Balikesir Province, Marmara Region, Turkey": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ayazmant Deposit
Maden Adasi

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Diopside ()*	Empressite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hessite ()*	Idaite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	116635	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	116635	1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	116635	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	116635	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	116635	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	116635	4135
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	1	116635	43
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	116635	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	116635	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	116635	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	116635	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	116635	1544
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	116635	804
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	116635	142
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	116635	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	116635	5800
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	116635	192
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	116635	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	116635	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	116635	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	116635	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	116635	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	116635	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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