Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tartai Massif, Uda–Biryusa District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 310601
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-310601.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tartai Massif, Uda–Biryusa District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°0'0"N
Longitude: 98°20'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54,98.333333333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Clay	Copper	Löllingite	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Potarite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Spinel	Ullmannite

Augite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*	Edenite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Erlichmanite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Irarsite ()*
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Omeiite ()*	Orcelite ()*
Osarsite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platarsite ()*	Ruarsite ()*
Ruthenium ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tulameenite ()*

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 As Ca Cu Fe H Ir Mg Na Ni O Os Pt Rh Ru S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu Fe H Ir Mg Na Ni O Os Pt Rh Ru S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Auricupride Clay Copper Löllingite None Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite
Potarite Pyrite Pyroxene Serpentine Spinel Ullmannite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	110
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	119
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	154
Isoferroplatinum ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃Fe	128
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Omeiite ()*	Löllingite	OsAs₂	7
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)	36
Osarsite ()*	Arsenopyrite	OsAsS	16
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS	44
Ruarsite ()*	None	RuAsS	25
Ruthenium ()*	None	Ru	46
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	337
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Tulameenite ()*	Potarite	Pt₂CuFe	48

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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