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Locality Name:
NW Slope, Shadil-Khokh Volcano, Kel’ Volcanic Area, Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, South Ossetia


mindat Locality ID: 266445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266445.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "NW Slope, Shadil-Khokh Volcano, Kel’ Volcanic Area, Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, South Ossetia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°32'4"N
Longitude: 44°17'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.534444444444,44.299722222222
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: Al Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

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

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Bredigite  (*)Chlorellestadite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)
Diopside  (*)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)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Bredigite  (*)NoneCa7Mg(SiO4)4013
Chlorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl04
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F4067
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Fluorchegemite  (*)HumiteCa7(SiO4)3F202
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F033
Gazeevite  (*)ZadoviteBaCa6(SiO4)2(SO4)2O04
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O70114
Hydroxylellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5OH022
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Kumtyubeite  (*)HumiteCa5(SiO4)2F205
Larnite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2(SiO4)048
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O4098
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)2023
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rondorfite  (*)NoneCa8Mg(SiO4)4Cl207
Rusinovite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa10(Si2O7)3Cl205
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)054
Srebrodolskite  (*)Brownmillerite PerovskiteCa2Fe3+2O5025
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Wadalite  (*)MayeniteCa6Al5Si2O16Cl3011
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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