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Locality Name:
Aegean Region, Turkey


mindat Locality ID: 23872
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23872.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aegean Region, Turkey": 87
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 54

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Afyon Province
Aydin Province
Denizli Province
Izmir Province
Kütahya Province
Manisa Province
Muğla Province
Uşak Province

Latitude: 38°7'44"N
Longitude: 28°3'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.128888888889,28.052222222222
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg Ir K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Os P Pb Pt Ru S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAxiniteBaryteBixbyite
BowieiteBrauniteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronadite
CorrensiteCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteDiamondDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetGypsumHaxoniteIronKaoliniteLawsoniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMica
MilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOrpimentPalmieritePentlanditePyrite
PyrochlorePyrophyllitePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStibniteStilpnomelaneSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmaline
TridymiteVeatchiteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

160 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Aristarainite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Brucite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Cahnite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Colemanite  (*)Copper  (*)Corrensite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dussertite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Ephesite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)
Fontarnauite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glauberite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Haxonite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroboracite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)
Iridium  (*)Iron  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Kaliborite  (*)
Kalistrontite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kashinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Laurite  (*)Lawsonite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnesio-foitite  (*)
Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Margarite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Metastibnite  (*)
Meyerhofferite  (*)Millerite  (*)Moissanite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Osmium  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Platinum  (*)
Probertite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Mn)  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silicon  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Sulphur  (*)Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tephroite  (*)Teruggite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)
Thénardite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Tunellite  (*)Ulexite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Veatchite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11163222793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11163228803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311163092353
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62116365,116393966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211163282162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2116359,1163692734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11163461588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22116322,1163343092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1116353445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11163483250
Aristarainite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Mg[B6O8(OH)4]2·4H2O11163464
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12116322,116329,116333,116334,116336,116337,116338,116341,116342,116346,116359,1163919052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O1116377143
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2111632988
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211163285509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3116322,116359,11636711547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311163421935
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O31116315104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43116322,116328,1163695516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)3116315,116351,116380483
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)22116331,116381462
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)21116315101
Cahnite  (*)ZirconCa2B(AsO4)(OH)42116348,11634913
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19116315,116318,116322,116329,116330,116331,116334,116335,116338,116348,116349,116351,116358,116359,116365,116377,116378,116380,11638327770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)3116346,116348,1163491252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3116328,116359,1163694979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O42116352,116359352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2116322,1163695707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213116321,116322,116329,116330,116334,116335,116336,116341,116342,116369,116385,116391,11639327198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)25116318,116325,116378,116383,116388376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43116311,116381,1163853902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3116311,116334,1163352600
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O3116346,116348,116349144
Copper  (*)CopperCu11163113846
Corrensite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Ca,Na,K)1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)9(Si,Al)8O20(OH)10·nH2O111639349
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O33116318,116325,1163831797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS5116322,116328,116359,116369,1163914165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO22116326,116367453
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161116315599
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)6116315,116318,116325,116378,116386,116388481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11163691027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611163854135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25116315,116334,116346,116348,1163599895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1116393648
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6111636733
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41116369910
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61116311944
Ephesite  (*)MicaNaLiAl2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2111632521
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3116315,116329,1163378173
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS21116385110
Fontarnauite  (*)Not in a structural group(Na,K)2(Sr,Ca)(SO4)[B5O8(OH)](H2O)211163461
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)11163111188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121116322663
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41116325445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6116322,116329,116330,116359,116369,11639324243
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)21116346137
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)22116352,116373286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)6116329,116330,116359,116369,116377,1163807437
Gold  (*)CopperAu8116321,116322,116330,116334,116338,116342,116391,11639330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC3116334,116339,1163402812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3116346,116348,1163496890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11163461398
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41116315350
Haxonite  (*)Haxonite(Fe,Ni)23C6111631226
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21116385205
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61116329741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312116315,116322,116323,116330,116334,116335,116338,116369,116377,116378,116383,11639114640
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O3116346,116348,11634942
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32116378,1163915433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS1116385154
Iridium  (*)CopperIr1116385162
Iron  (*)IronFe11163121089
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O41116315172
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O21116375179
Kaliborite  (*)NoneKHMg2B12O16(OH)10·4H2O11163468
Kalistrontite  (*)PalmieriteK2Sr(SO4)2111634611
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)45116318,116321,116322,116323,1163655591
Kashinite  (*)BowieiteIr2S3111638529
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS22116352,116359230
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)21116315234
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO42116333,1163421507
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS21116385226
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1116373121
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3116330,116359,116380581
Magnesio-foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)111639322
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O41116331311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)3116331,116371,1163771487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111632514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22116328,11636912537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2116315,116330770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS210116321,116322,116334,116335,116336,116338,116342,116359,116365,1163915674
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)22116318,116383168
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1116311397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS1116335255
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33116352,116359,11636787
Meyerhofferite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·H2O3116309,116348,11634923
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11163851066
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC111633157
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211163935800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3116348,116377,1163931508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218116315,116321,116322,116323,116333,116334,116335,116338,116339,116340,116341,116342,116348,116351,116365,116367,116377,11637817380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O2116322,116377471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O7116326,116358,116359,116361,116365,116366,1163682994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S35116334,116346,116348,116349,116369511
Osmium  (*)NoneOs1116385169
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1116353767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811163851512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22116331,1163852273
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1116351260
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1116385485
Probertite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O111634629
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311163221425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS222116315,116318,116321,116322,116323,116325,116329,116330,116334,116335,116336,116338,116339,116340,116341,116356,116359,116362,116365,116369,116391,11639339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO24116315,116330,116351,1163803106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11163221725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)21116367771
Pyrosmalite-(Mn)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH,Cl)10111631525
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85116322,116329,116330,116341,1163429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO228116315,116321,116322,116323,116329,116330,116331,116333,116334,116335,116338,116339,116340,116341,116342,116348,116351,116358,116359,116361,116365,116367,116369,116373,116377,116380,116391,11639361156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O1116315177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS5116334,116346,116348,116349,116369712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)4116309,116315,116329,1163301711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)3116315,116329,116330969
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu111638546
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO27116322,116325,116329,116333,116342,116383,1163915614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1116348598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11163424894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11163252705
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1116312374
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O4116321,116341,116367,1163911153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4116322,116329,116330,1163656417
Silicon  (*)DiamondSi111633121
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO53116333,116383,1163881516
Silver  (*)CopperAg2116321,1163225186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2116329,1163592473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311163151214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7116322,116329,116330,116334,116359,116369,11639321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42116311,1163771934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1116333978
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1116367446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S37116322,116334,116336,116342,116358,116359,1163673418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1116315456
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3116348,116349,1163592045
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)2116311,116312703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22116315,1163773337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311163221803
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1116315240
Teruggite  (*)NoneCa4Mg[AsB6O11(OH)6]2·14H2O11163493
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134116322,116334,116336,1163935317
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi1116311116
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)1116346299
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O4116322,116333,116341,1163754899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211163852562
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21116369458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS2116311,1163121044
Tunellite  (*)NoneSrB6O9(OH)2·3H2O2116346,11634812
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O3116346,116348,116349160
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O32116352,116359369
Veatchite  (*)VeatchiteSr2B11O16(OH)5·H2O111634812
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)4116322,116333,116341,1163425251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050334Selçuk, Muğla Province, Aegean Region, Turkeyhttps://rruff.info/R050334
R060287Selçuk, Muğla Province, Aegean Region, Turkeyhttps://rruff.info/R060287

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