Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Birkhin Gabbro Massif (Ozernovskii), Narin-Kunta, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 65064
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-65064.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Birkhin Gabbro Massif (Ozernovskii), Narin-Kunta, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°42'0"N
Longitude: 106°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.7,106.5

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	Aphthitalite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Melilite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Perovskite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Anorthite ()*	Bredigite ()*	Calcio-olivine ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Clintonite ()*
Dellaite ()*	Galuskinite ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Kilchoanite ()*	Larnite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Margarite ()*	Merwinite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Pavlovskyite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Potassic-ferro-sadanagaite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spurrite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aphthitalite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Melilite Mica None Not in a structural group
Olivine Perovskite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Bredigite ()*	None	Ca₇Mg(SiO₄)₄	13
Calcio-olivine ()*	Olivine	Ca₂(SiO₄)	8
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	86
Dellaite ()*	None	Ca₆(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂	5
Galuskinite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₇(SiO₄)₃(CO₃)	2
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	114
Kilchoanite ()*	None	Ca₆(SiO₄)(Si₃O₁₀)	9
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	48
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	168
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	23
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	153
Pavlovskyite ()*	None	Ca₈(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)	3
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Potassic-ferro-sadanagaite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Fe²⁺₃Al₂)(Si₅Al₃)O₂₂(OH)₂	3
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	54
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130076	Birkhin Gabbro Massif (Ozernovskii), Narin-Kunta, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia	https://rruff.info/R130076

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