Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Khit Ostrov (Khit Island), Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 4436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khit Ostrov (Khit Island), Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 66°20'38"N
Longitude: 33°2'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.343888888889,33.039722222222

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	Apatite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Staurolite	Titanite

Almandine ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Corundum ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Gedrite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Masuyite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pargasite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb Si Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Chlorite Clay Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Staurolite Titanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	178
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Masuyite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)₃O₃(OH)₂·3H₂O	23
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	313
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	73
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-158	Khit Ostrov (Khit Island), Northern Karelia, Republic Of Karelia, Russia	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-158

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