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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

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayCoronaditeDiasporeFeldsparGypsumLepidocrociteMicaNoneQuartz
RutileSmectite-vermiculite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Manganite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11167268803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111672627770
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161116726599
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11167267437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11167266890
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)21116726234
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1116726581
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)1116726770
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11167261508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111672617380
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211167263106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22116726,11672761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11167261711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O101116726312



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