Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shvanidzorskii, Syunik' Province, Armenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 40
Youngest recorded age at locality: 37

mindat Locality ID: 23626
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23626.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shvanidzorskii, Syunik' Province, Armenia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°56'0"N
Longitude: 46°22'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.933333333333,46.370277777778

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.

Baddeleyite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Pyroxene	Sodalite
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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl F Fe H K Na O S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baddeleyite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite None Pyroxene Sodalite
Titanite Tridymite Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Sodalite ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	40	37	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	40	37	8803
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	40	37	238
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	40	37	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	40	37	232
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	40	37	9617
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	40	37	5433
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	40	37	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	40	37	2349
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	40	37	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	40	37	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	40	37	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	ree-00017	40	37	37-40 Ma (various)	various										23626	Shvanidzorskii, Syunik' Province, Armenia	Shvanidzorskii	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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