Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bunduk, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 170
Youngest recorded age at locality: 36

mindat Locality ID: 23620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bunduk, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°41'0"N
Longitude: 44°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.683333333333,44.75

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	Baddeleyite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Th Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baddeleyite Corundum Feldspar None Pyroxene Titanite Tridymite Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Diopside ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	36	36	8803
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	36	36	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	36	36	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	36	36	238
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	36	36	4135
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	36	36	209
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	36	36	5433
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	36	36	884
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	36	36	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	36	36	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	36	36	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
vms-00003	170	168	Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian)			Yes	258495	Akhtala Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia	Akhtala	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034
ree-00016	36	36	36 Ma (K-Ar, whole rock)	K-Ar	whole rock		23620	Bunduk, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia	Bunduk	Orris and Grauch (2002)	USGSOFR02_189
vms-00006	170	168	Middle Jurassic (late Bajocian)			Yes	258499	Shamlugh Deposit, Loṙi Province (Lori), Armenia	Shamlug	Moiser et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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