Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
South Ossetia

mindat Locality ID: 266442
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266442.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Ossetia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Greater Caucasus Mountain Range
Kvaisinsk Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 42°32'0"N
Longitude: 44°17'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.533333333333,44.298888888889

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.

Apatite	Aphthitalite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Brownmillerite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet
Humite	Mayenite	Melilite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite	Zadovite

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bredigite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorellestadite ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Diopside ()*	Eltyubyuite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Fluorchegemite ()*	Fluorellestadite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gazeevite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Hydroxylellestadite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kumtyubeite ()*
Larnite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Merwinite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rondorfite ()*	Rusinovite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spurrite ()*
Srebrodolskite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Wadalite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aphthitalite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Brownmillerite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Feldspar Garnet
Humite Mayenite Melilite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wollastonite Wöhlerite Zadovite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	107658	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	107658	1534
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	107659	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	107659	9052
Bredigite ()*	None	Ca₇Mg(SiO₄)₄	1	107658	13
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	107659	27198
Chlorellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5Cl	1	107658	4
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	1	107658	67
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	107658	4135
Eltyubyuite ()*	Mayenite	Ca₁₂Fe³⁺₁₀Si₄O₃₂Cl₆	1	107657	5
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	107658	944
Fluorchegemite ()*	Humite	Ca₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	1	107658	2
Fluorellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5F	1	107658	33
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	107659	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	107659	24243
Gazeevite ()*	Zadovite	BaCa₆(SiO₄)₂(SO₄)₂O	1	107658	4
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	1	107658	114
Hydroxylellestadite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5OH	1	107658	22
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	107658	5433
Kumtyubeite ()*	Humite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	107658	5
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	1	107658	48
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	107658	98
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	1	107658	23
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	107658	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	107658	61156
Rondorfite ()*	None	Ca₈Mg(SiO₄)₄Cl₂	1	107658	7
Rusinovite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₁₀(Si₂O₇)₃Cl₂	1	107658	5
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	107659	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	107659	21482
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	1	107658	54
Srebrodolskite ()*	Brownmillerite Perovskite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₂O₅	1	107658	25
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	107659	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	107658	4899
Wadalite ()*	Mayenite	Ca₆Al₅Si₂O₁₆Cl₃	1	107658	11
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	107658	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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