Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Mordovia, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 286318
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286318.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mordovia, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Novo-Urei Meteorite

Latitude: 54°49'0"N
Longitude: 46°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.816666666667,46

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.

Diamond	Iron	None	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Spinel

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: C Ca Cr Fe Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Diamond Iron None Pyroxene Rocksalt Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Diamond ()*	Graphite ()*	Iron ()*	Lonsdaleite ()*
Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	102729	3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	102729	697
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	102729	2812
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	102729	1089
Lonsdaleite ()*	None	C	1	102729	13
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	102729	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	102729	58
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	102729	303
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	102729	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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