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Locality Name:
Kirka, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey


mindat Locality ID: 261257
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261257.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kirka, Eskişehir Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Göcenoluk Deposit
Sarıkaya B Deposit

Latitude: 39°16'59"N
Longitude: 30°33'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.283055555556,30.55
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: Al As B C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeBaryteBrianroulstoniteCalciteClayFeldsparGypsumMicaNoneOrpiment
QuartzSmectite-vermiculite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Borax  (*)Brianroulstonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Colemanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydroboracite  (*)
Hydrochlorborite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Inderborite  (*)Inderite  (*)Inyoite  (*)
Kernite  (*)Kurnakovite  (*)Meyerhofferite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Priceite  (*)Probertite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Searlesite  (*)Tincalconite  (*)Tunellite  (*)Ulexite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11165078803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11165061627
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O2116506,11650776
Brianroulstonite  (*)BrianroulstoniteCa3B5O6(OH)7Cl2·8H2O11165073
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111650727770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11165071252
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O2116506,116507144
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211165079895
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11165076890
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O2116506,11650742
Hydrochlorborite  (*)NoneCa2B3O3(OH)4·BO(OH)3Cl·7H2O11165073
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1116507341
Inderborite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O3(OH)5]2·6H2O11165074
Inderite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O111650713
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O111650734
Kernite  (*)NoneNa2B4O6(OH)2·3H2O111650710
Kurnakovite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O111650715
Meyerhofferite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·H2O111650723
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11165071508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111650717380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31116507511
Priceite  (*)NoneCa2B5O7(OH)5·H2O111650733
Probertite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O2116506,11650729
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111650761156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1116507712
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1116507598
Searlesite  (*)NoneNaBSi2O5(OH)22116506,11650734
Tincalconite  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·3H2O111650729
Tunellite  (*)NoneSrB6O9(OH)2·3H2O111650712
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O2116506,116507160


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