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Locality Name:
Tazheranskii Massif (Tazheran Massif), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 2745
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2745.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tazheranskii Massif (Tazheran Massif), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°50'30"N
Longitude: 106°42'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.841666666667,106.71555555556
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 B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O S Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaddeleyiteBruciteCalciteCalzirtiteCorundumDjerfisheriteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
HarkeriteHumiteLudwigiteNickelineNoneOlivinePerovskitePyroxeneRutileSpinel
Spurrite-AfwilliteTitaniteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Augite  (*)Azoproite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Bultfonteinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calzirtite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Diopside  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Geikielite  (*)
Harkerite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Kirschsteinite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Monticellite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tazheranite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Azoproite  (*)LudwigiteMg2[(Ti,Mg),Fe3+]O2(BO3)03
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO20238
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Bultfonteinite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa2SiO3(OH)F·H2O020
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O16032
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F20236
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl060
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3070
Harkerite  (*)HarkeriteCa48Mg16[AlSi4O15(OH)]4(BO3)16(CO3)16·2(H2O,HCl)011
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Kirschsteinite  (*)OlivineCaFe2+(SiO4)033
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)0134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)0153
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Tazheranite  (*)Fluorite(Zr,Ti,Ca)(O,   )208
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025


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