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Locality Name:
Hrazdan, Kotayk' Province, Armenia


mindat Locality ID: 285922
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285922.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hrazdan, Kotayk' Province, Armenia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Megradzor (Meghradzor)

Latitude: 40°37'0"N
Longitude: 44°38'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.616666666667,44.649722222222
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: Ag Au Bi Cu Fe Hg O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BuckhorniteChalcopyriteCopperMeloniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetradymite
Tetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Buckhornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)
Empressite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goldfieldite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Krennerite  (*)Nagyágite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe13818489
Buckhornite  (*)Buckhornite(Pb2BiS3)(AuTe2)1381813
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe213818361
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21381827198
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe13818169
Empressite  (*)NoneAgTe1381843
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1381824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1381830554
Goldfieldite  (*)Tetrahedrite(Cu4   2)Cu6Te4S131381872
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te13818804
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe813818111
Nagyágite  (*)None[Pb3(Pb,Sb)3S6](Au,Te)31381867
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe213818409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21381839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21381861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1381821482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe413818337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te313818276


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