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Locality Name:
Lake Kumdikol (Lake Kumdykol'; Ozero Kumdykol'), Prirechnoye, Zerendy, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan


mindat Locality ID: 221339
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221339.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Kumdikol (Lake Kumdykol'; Ozero Kumdykol'), Prirechnoye, Zerendy, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lake Kumdikol Diamond Deposit

Latitude: 53°9'11"N
Longitude: 68°58'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.153055555556,68.971944444444

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteAragoniteCalciteChloriteClayDiamondDmisteinbergiteEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetHumiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinel
TitaniteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Coesite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Graphite  (*)Kokchetavite  (*)Kumdykolite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Majorite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21771223419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1771228803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51771221310
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1771223250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17712227770
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81771221756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2177122236
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO217712277
Diamond  (*)DiamondC177122697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61771224135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21771229895
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1771221188
Graphite  (*)NoneC1771222812
Kokchetavite  (*)DmisteinbergiteK(AlSi3O8)1771224
Kumdykolite  (*)NoneNa(AlSi3O8)1771225
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41771221507
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1771221487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417712214899
Majorite  (*)GarnetMg3(MgSi)(SiO4)317712224
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217712217380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21771222273
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3177122341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217712261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21771225614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51771221516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41771221934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1771224899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21771222562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1771225251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1771221025



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