Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mediterranean Region, Turkey

mindat Locality ID: 24702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mediterranean Region, Turkey": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Adana Province
Antalya Province
Burdur Province
Hatay Province
Isparta Province
Mersin Province

Latitude: 37°18'23"N
Longitude: 31°53'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.306388888889,31.8925

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.

Adelite	Allanite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bixbyite	Braunite	Calcite	Cerite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Potarite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Valleriite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg Ir K La Mg Mn Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Ru S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allanite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bixbyite Braunite Calcite Cerite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Mica Millerite
Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Potarite Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite
Valleriite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite

90 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bixbyite ()*	Braggite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerite-(Ce) ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chantalite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Erlichmanite ()*	Esseneite ()*	Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Irarsite ()*	Iridium ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Laurite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Osmium ()*	Palladium ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parthéite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Potarite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roxbyite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schoenfliesite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sperrylite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tischendorfite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tulameenite ()*
Valleriite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Vuagnatite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	116766	3419
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	116765	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	116748,116765	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	116762	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	116757	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	116765	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	116769	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	116748,116765	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	116748,116752,116753,116755,116772,116773,116774,116775	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	116753	1935
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	2	116745,116746	104
Braggite ()*	None	PdPt₃S₄	1	116766	101
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	2	116745,116746	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	116745,116746,116755,116757,116762,116763,116765,116769	27770
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	1	116769	47
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	116765	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	116753,116765	27198
Chantalite ()*	None	CaAl₂(SiO₄)(OH)₄	1	116763	3
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	116762,116765	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	116765	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	116762	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	116765	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2	116753,116765	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	116765	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	116765,116769	9895
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	116766	110
Esseneite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe³⁺AlSiO₆	1	116769	17
Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Fe³⁺AlFe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	116769	28
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	116752	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	116766	1188
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	116753	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	116753,116755,116765	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	116748	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	116765	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	116769	1544
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	116766	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	116745,116746,116748,116765	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	116765	804
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	1	116762	87
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	116765	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	116766	154
Iridium ()*	Copper	Ir	1	116766	162
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	116752	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	3	116745,116746,116757	234
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	116765	1271
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	116766	226
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	116766	249
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	116765	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	116765	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	116748,116765	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	116745,116746	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	116755,116765	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	116766	1066
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	116769	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	116765	17380
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	116766	169
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	1	116766	59
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	116766	767
Parthéite ()*	None	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₅(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	116761	2
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	116766	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	116769	2273
Potarite ()*	Potarite	PdHg	1	116766	25
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	116762,116763	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	116748,116753,116755,116765,116766,116770	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	116762	89
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	116765	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	116745,116746,116752,116753,116755,116765,116769	61156
Roxbyite ()*	None	Cu₉S₅	1	116757	27
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	116765	5614
Schoenfliesite ()*	Perovskite	MgSn(OH)₆	1	116757	10
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	116765	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	116748,116765	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	116753	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	116750	2473
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	116766	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	116753,116755,116765	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	116769	1934
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	116766	75
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	116770	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	116765	1101
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	1	116766	66
Tischendorfite ()*	None	Pd₈Hg₃Se₉	1	116766	2
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	116765	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	116762	2562
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	1	116766	48
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	116765	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	116762	1395
Vuagnatite ()*	Adelite	CaAlSiO₄(OH)	2	116762,116763	14
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	116769	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	116762	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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