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:
Altai, Govi-Altay Aimag (Govi-Altai Aimag; Gobi-Altay Aimag), Mongolia

mindat Locality ID: 53439
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53439.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altai, Govi-Altay Aimag (Govi-Altai Aimag; Gobi-Altay Aimag), Mongolia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Adzhi-Bogdo (stone) Meteorite

Latitude: 44°49'59"N
Longitude: 95°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.833055555556,95.166666666667

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	Cerite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel	Tridymite
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 Ca Cl Cr Fe K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Cerite Corundum Feldspar None Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Spinel Tridymite
Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Tridymite ()*
Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	85120	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	85120	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	85120	2060
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	85120	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	85120	3902
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	85120	5433
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	85120	230
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	85120	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	85120	61156
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	85120	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	85120	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	85120	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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