Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Takab Geothermal Field, Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azerbaijan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 276012
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276012.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Takab Geothermal Field, Takab (Takan Tepe), West Azerbaijan, Iran": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Arabshah Kaolin Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Clay	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite

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 Ca Fe H K Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	67576	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	67576	2162
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	67576	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	67576	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	67576	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	67576	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67576	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	67576	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	67576	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	67576	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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