Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 2631
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2631.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Aktash Lake Area
Bondarenkovo Village Area
Gornostayevka Sulfur Prospect
Kerch
Kerchenskyi (Fe)-ore Basin
Novoselovka Village Area
Opuk Mountain Area
Ptashkino Village Area
Vulcanovka Village Area

Latitude: 45°17'45"N
Longitude: 36°16'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.295833333333,36.281388888889

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.

Allophane	Aluminite	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Baryte	Berthierite	Blödite
Calcite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epsomite	Fairfieldite	Feroxyhyte	Gypsum	Hexahydrite
Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Leucophosphite	Nickeline	None	Northupite	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Sulphur	Symplesite	Vivianite

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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Li Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Sb Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Sb Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aluminite Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Baryte Berthierite Blödite
Calcite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epsomite Fairfieldite Feroxyhyte Gypsum Hexahydrite
Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Leucophosphite Nickeline None Northupite Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Sulphur Symplesite Vivianite

69 IMA Minerals at location:

Akaganeite ()*	Allophane ()*	Aluminite ()*	Anapaite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beidellite ()*	Berthierite ()*	Birnessite ()*	Blödite ()*
Bobierrite ()*	Borax ()*	Buserite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Delvauxite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Feroxyhyte ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Goethite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Greigite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hisingerite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Lüneburgite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melanophlogite ()*	Messelite ()*	Metavivianite ()*
Mitridatite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Nitratine ()*
Nontronite ()*	Northupite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pirssonite ()*	Pitticite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Realgar ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Santabarbaraite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smythite ()*
Spheniscidite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Thénardite ()*	Tincalconite ()*	Todorokite ()*
Trona ()*	Ulexite ()*	Vernadite ()*	Vivianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	1	101976	63
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	0		470
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	1	101967	78
Anapaite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	4	101975,101976,101980,101982	25
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	101980	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	101976,101977,101980	11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		85
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	0		343
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	0		178
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	101989	130
Bobierrite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	101982	17
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	3	101966,101983,101990	76
Buserite ()*	None	Na₄Mn₁₄O₂₇·21H₂O (?)	0		10
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	101964,101966,101975,101976,101977,101980,101985,101987,101989,101990	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	101985	1252
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	0		599
Delvauxite ()*	Amorphous	CaFe³⁺₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₈·4-5H₂O	0		41
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	101989	484
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	1	101985	66
Feroxyhyte ()*	Feroxyhyte	Fe³⁺O(OH)	0		19
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	101975,101980	2740
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	1	101966	57
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7	101964,101975,101976,101979,101980,101982,101985	7437
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	101979	173
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	0		62
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	8	101964,101972,101975,101976,101980,101985,101987,101989	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	4	101966,101983,101989,101990	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	101989	251
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	101979	144
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	101976,101980,101985	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	101976	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	2	101976,101977	234
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	0		581
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	0		210
Lüneburgite ()*	None	Mg₃[B₂(OH)₆(PO₄)₂]·6H₂O	1	101982	14
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	101976	14899
Melanophlogite ()*	None	C₂H₁₇O₅·Si₄₆O₉₂	1	101985	38
Messelite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	101982	43
Metavivianite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	3	101972,101976,101980	26
Mitridatite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O	5	101969,101972,101976,101979,101980	129
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	101976	1508
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	101964,101976,101980	254
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	101983	80
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	101966	91
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		471
Northupite ()*	Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl	3	101966,101983,101990	31
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	101982	511
Pirssonite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·2H₂O	1	101966	19
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	1	101976	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	101976,101985	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	101976	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	101985,101987	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	101976	177
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	101976,101982	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	4	101972,101975,101976,101977	1711
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	0		312
Santabarbaraite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	5	101971,101972,101976,101979,101980	21
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	101972,101976,101980	6417
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	101976	77
Spheniscidite ()*	Leucophosphite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	101976	4
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	101985,101987	2045
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	3	101966,101983,101990	299
Tincalconite ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·3H₂O	3	101966,101983,101990	29
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	0		433
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	101966	129
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	101966	160
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	1	101964	65
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	5	101972,101975,101977,101980,101982	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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