Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dronino Meteorite, Kasimov District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.008
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.005

mindat Locality ID: 106008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dronino Meteorite, Kasimov District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°44'48"N
Longitude: 41°25'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.746666666667,41.421666666667

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.

Atacamite	Calcite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Hexahydrite	Hydrotalcite	Iron	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
None	Spinel	Woodwardite

Akaganeite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chukanovite ()*	Droninoite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hibbingite ()*	Honessite ()*	Iron ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Nickelbischofite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Reevesite ()*	Siderite ()*	Taenite ()*
Troilite ()*	Violarite ()*

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: C Cl Cr Fe H Ni O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cl Cr Fe H Ni O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Calcite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Hexahydrite Hydrotalcite Iron Lepidocrocite Malachite
None Spinel Woodwardite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	0.008	0.005	63
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0.008	0.005	3902
Chukanovite ()*	Malachite	Fe₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0.008	0.005	2
Droninoite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂Cl₂(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	0.008	0.005	2
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0.008	0.005	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0.008	0.005	14640
Hibbingite ()*	Atacamite	Fe²⁺₂(OH)₃Cl	0.008	0.005	13
Honessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	0.008	0.005	25
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	0.008	0.005	1089
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	0.008	0.005	581
Nickelbischofite ()*	None	NiCl₂·6H₂O	0.008	0.005	4
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	0.008	0.005	37
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	0.008	0.005	48
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0.008	0.005	6417
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	0.008	0.005	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	0.008	0.005	1044
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	0.008	0.005	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0047	Meteorite fall

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_0047	0.008	0.005	0.008-0.005		Age of meteorite fall									106008	Dronino Meteorite, Kasimov District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia	Dronino meteorite	Pekov et al. (2007)	10.1127/0935-1221/2007/0019-1767	EJM19_891	Chukanovite formed quickly during terrestrial alteration

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