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Locality Name:
Chita, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 293257
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293257.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chita, Chitinskaya Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Durulgui Pegmatite Field

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: Al B Be Ca F Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylChildreniteClayColumbiteFairfielditeFeldsparGarnetMicaNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzTourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Eosphorite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Messelite  (*)Microcline  (*)Moraesite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Parascholzite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Väyrynenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2104316,1043178803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311043172353
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21104317606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182104316,1043174286
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61104317518
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O1104317128
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11043172740
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O110431743
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2104316,1043174924
Moraesite  (*)NoneBe2(PO4)(OH)·4H2O110431735
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22104316,10431717380
Parascholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O110431712
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22104316,10431761156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11043172705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311043171214
Väyrynenite  (*)NoneBeMn2+(PO4)(OH)110431715


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