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:
Emet Borate Deposit, Emet, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region, Turkey

mindat Locality ID: 222146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Emet Borate Deposit, Emet, Kütahya Province, Aegean Region, Turkey": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Emet Eti Bor Mine ("Killik Mine"; "Kilik Mine"; Espey Mine)
Hisarcik Mine

Latitude: 39°18'27"N
Longitude: 29°15'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.3075,29.262222222222

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Gypsum	Mica	None	Orpiment	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite	Sulphur	Veatchite	Zircon

Aragonite ()*	Cahnite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Colemanite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydroboracite ()*	Meyerhofferite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Sanidine ()*
Sulphur ()*	Teruggite ()*	Tunellite ()*	Ulexite ()*	Veatchite ()*

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 As B C Ca H K Mg Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Feldspar Gypsum Mica None Orpiment Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite Sulphur Veatchite Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	116348	3250
Cahnite ()*	Zircon	Ca₂B(AsO₄)(OH)₄	2	116348,116349	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	116348,116349	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	116348,116349	1252
Colemanite ()*	None	CaB₃O₄(OH)₃·H₂O	2	116348,116349	144
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	116348	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	116348,116349	6890
Hydroboracite ()*	None	CaMg[B₃O₄(OH)₃]₂·3H₂O	2	116348,116349	42
Meyerhofferite ()*	None	CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O	2	116348,116349	23
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	116348	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	116348	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	2	116348,116349	511
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	116348	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	116348,116349	712
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	116348	598
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	116348,116349	2045
Teruggite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg[AsB₆O₁₁(OH)₆]₂·14H₂O	1	116349	3
Tunellite ()*	None	SrB₆O₉(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	116348	12
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	2	116348,116349	160
Veatchite ()*	Veatchite	Sr₂B₁₁O₁₆(OH)₅·H₂O	1	116348	12

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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