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Locality Name:
Kiranardi, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey


mindat Locality ID: 279645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kiranardi, Kayseri Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Erciyes Volcanic Complex

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: As Fe H Mg Na O S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeCorundumNoneOrpimentRutileSpinelTridymite

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Cassiterite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Realgar  (*)
Tridymite  (*)Yazganite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211165225171
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111652214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111652214899
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31116522511
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1116522712
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21116522458
Yazganite  (*)Alluaudite   NaMgFe3+2(AsO4)3·H2O11165221


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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