Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moscow, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 305023
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-305023.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moscow, Russia": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Alekseevskaya Quarry
Bitsevskaya Well
Boenskaya Well
Brateevo
Chagino
Chertanovka
Dorogomilovo
Fili
Gnilusha
Gorodnya
Kamushki
Khoroshevo
Kolomenskoye
Korovinskaya Well
Krasnokholmskiy Bridge
Krylatskoye
Kuntsevo
Manezhnaya Square
Metro Shafts
Mnevniki
Ordynskaya Well (Moskovskaya Well)
Orekhovo
Presnenskaya Well
Saburovo
Savkin Gully
Shchukino
Studyonyi Gully (Chernaya Gora)
Tatarovo
Tyopliy Stan
Vorobyovy Gory
Zyablikovo

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Topaz
Tourmaline	Vivianite	Zircon

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 Au B Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au B Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Marcasite Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Titanite Topaz
Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chamosite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Delvauxite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0		1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	102733	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	102756	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3	102733,102752,102754	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	6	102737,102738,102739,102742,102748,102755	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	13	102731,102734,102735,102737,102739,102741,102748,102749,102750,102751,102752,102754,102761	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	3	102734,102752,102754	1252
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	102741	577
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	102733	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		327
Delvauxite ()*	Amorphous	CaFe³⁺₄(PO₄)₂(OH)₈·4-5H₂O	1	102746	41
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	102733,102749,102752	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	102756	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	102739	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	102750,102752,102754	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	102743	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	102737,102743,102750,102759	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	102733	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	9	102734,102735,102737,102738,102743,102748,102751,102754,102762	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	102756,102760	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	7	102734,102735,102737,102738,102742,102743,102762	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	102732,102745,102754	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	102747,102756	1507
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	0		581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	102737	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	102738	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	102737,102742	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	102733	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	102741	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	102736,102741	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	3	102734,102750,102752	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	16	102734,102735,102737,102738,102739,102742,102743,102748,102750,102751,102752,102754,102757,102758,102761,102762	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17	102732,102734,102736,102737,102739,102740,102741,102743,102747,102749,102750,102752,102753,102756,102759,102760,102761	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	102747,102756,102760	5614
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	0		241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	102733,102756	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	102743	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	102747,102756	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	0		1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	102734,102749	636
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	0		939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	102756,102760	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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