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Locality Name:
Kyshtym Quartz Deposit, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia


mindat Locality ID: 299620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kyshtym Quartz Deposit, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vein #101

Latitude: 55°37'38"N
Longitude: 60°20'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.627222222222,60.334166666667
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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAxiniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
MicaNonePrehniteQuartzRutileTitanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Paragonite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211017483419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11017488803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311017482353
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)21101748260
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811017481756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11017481025
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211017489895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11017482740
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311017485433
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110174817380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21101748247
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211017481898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110174861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211017485614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11017484899
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11017481025


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