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Locality Name:
Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, South Ossetia


mindat Locality ID: 266443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266443.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, South Ossetia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kel’ Volcanic Area

Latitude: 42°32'1"N
Longitude: 44°17'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.533611111111,44.298888888889
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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAphthitaliteBrownmilleriteCorundumFeldsparGarnetHumiteMayeniteMeliliteNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelSpurrite-AfwilliteTitaniteWollastoniteWöhlerite
Zadovite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Bredigite  (*)Chlorellestadite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)
Diopside  (*)Eltyubyuite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Fluorchegemite  (*)Fluorellestadite  (*)
Gazeevite  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Hydroxylellestadite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kumtyubeite  (*)
Larnite  (*)Magnesioferrite  (*)Merwinite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rondorfite  (*)Rusinovite  (*)Spurrite  (*)Srebrodolskite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Wadalite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11076588803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311076581534
Bredigite  (*)NoneCa7Mg(SiO4)4110765813
Chlorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl11076584
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F4110765867
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611076584135
Eltyubyuite  (*)MayeniteCa12Fe3+10Si4O32Cl611076575
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61107658944
Fluorchegemite  (*)HumiteCa7(SiO4)3F211076582
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F110765833
Gazeevite  (*)ZadoviteBaCa6(SiO4)2(SO4)2O11076584
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O71107658114
Hydroxylellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5OH110765822
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311076585433
Kumtyubeite  (*)HumiteCa5(SiO4)2F211076585
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)110765848
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O4110765898
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)2110765823
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110765839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110765861156
Rondorfite  (*)NoneCa8Mg(SiO4)4Cl211076587
Rusinovite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa10(Si2O7)3Cl211076585
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)110765854
Srebrodolskite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+2O5110765825
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11076584899
Wadalite  (*)MayeniteCa6Al5Si2O16Cl3110765811
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311076581247


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