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Locality Name:
Caspian Sea, Qobustan District (Gobustan; Kobustan), Azerbaijan


mindat Locality ID: 276321
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276321.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caspian Sea, Qobustan District (Gobustan; Kobustan), Azerbaijan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bulla Island (Bulli Island; Ostrov Bulla; Khara-Zire)

Latitude: 39°59'22"N
Longitude: 49°38'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.989444444444,49.643055555556
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 Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCopperCristobaliteDiasporeIronKaoliniteMica
NolaniteNonePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelSulphurTobermorite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Akdalaite  (*)Aluminium  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Diopside  (*)Goethite  (*)Halite  (*)Hydroboracite  (*)
Iron  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nekoite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Okenite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sinjarite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tobermorite  (*)Wüstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akdalaite  (*)NolaniteAl10O14(OH)21249926
Aluminium  (*)CopperAl12499227
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1249923250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12499211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12499227770
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2124992453
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61249924135
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1249927437
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1249921398
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O12499242
Iron  (*)IronFe1249921089
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41249925591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412499214899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212499217380
Nekoite  (*)NoneCa3Si6O15·7H2O1249928
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O124992471
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O12499271
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212499261156
Sinjarite  (*)NoneCaCl2·2H2O1249924
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41249921934
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1249922045
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)124992114
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO12499274


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070230Bulla Island (Bulli Island; Ostrov Bulla; Khara-Zire), Caspian Sea, Qobustan District (Gobustan; Kobustan), Azerbaijanhttps://rruff.info/R070230

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