Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Asia

mindat Locality ID: 304661
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-304661.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Asia": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Altai Mts (Rudnyi Altai)
Aral Sea
Pamir Mountains
The Himalayas

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

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.

Blödite	Corundum	Epsomite	Garnet	Gypsum	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Stilbite

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 Ca Cl Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Blödite Corundum Epsomite Garnet Gypsum None Quartz Rocksalt Stilbite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Bischofite ()*	Blödite ()*	Corundum ()*	Epsomite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Mendipite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Quartz ()*
Stellerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	3864	1534
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	1	3863	42
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	3863	130
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	3864	1797
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	3863	484
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	3863	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	3863	1398
Mendipite ()*	None	Pb₃O₂Cl₂	1	3862	17
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	3863	223
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	3864	61156
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	3862	189

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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