Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey

mindat Locality ID: 219755
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-219755.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Istanbul Province, Marmara Region, Turkey": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Binkiliç
Kadıköy (Chalcedon)

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.

Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Quartz
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Manganite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Romanèchite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Coronadite Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Lepidocrocite Mica None Quartz
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	116726	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	116726	27770
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	116726	599
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	116726	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	116726	6890
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	116726	234
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	116726	581
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	116726	770
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	116726	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	116726	17380
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	116726	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	116726,116727	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	116726	1711
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	116726	312

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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