Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mirny, Malo-Botuoba Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia

mindat Locality ID: 48507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mirny, Malo-Botuoba Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Internatsionalny Mine (Internatsionalnaya Mine; Inter Mine; International Mine)
Mirny Mine (Mir Mine; Mir Pipe; Myr Pipe)
Sputnik Kimberlite Pipe

Latitude: 62°29'44"N
Longitude: 113°51'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 62.495555555556,113.85138888889

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Crichtonite	Diamond	Djerfisherite	Garnet
Khatyrkite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile
Spinel	Tochilinite	Zircon

Anyuiite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Coesite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Lindsleyite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Mathiasite ()*	Omphacite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Rutile ()*	Tochilinite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Crichtonite Diamond Djerfisherite Garnet
Khatyrkite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile
Spinel Tochilinite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anyuiite ()*	Khatyrkite	AuPb₂	1	103566	10
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	103566	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	103566	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	103565	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	103567	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	103566	1756
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	103566	77
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	3	103565,103566,103567	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	103566,103567	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	1	103566	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	103565	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	2	103566,103567	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	103566	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	103565	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	103565,103566,103567	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	103566	1507
Lindsleyite ()*	Crichtonite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈	1	103567	12
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	103566	311
Mathiasite ()*	Crichtonite	(K,Ba,Sr)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈	1	103567	7
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	2	103566,103567	229
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	103566	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	103566,103567	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	103566	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	103565,103566,103567	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	103566	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	103565,103567	5614
Tochilinite ()*	Tochilinite	6(Fe_0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)₂]	1	103566	56
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	103566	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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