Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ol'khonskiye Vorota Strait (Olkhon Gate), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 450

mindat Locality ID: 2720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ol'khonskiye Vorota Strait (Olkhon Gate), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°56'2"N
Longitude: 106°47'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.933888888889,106.78444444444

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.

Berdesinskiite	Beryl	Corundum	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile	Schreyerite	Spinel	Tourmaline

Berdesinskiite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Eskolaite ()*	Graphite ()*	Karelianite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Manganochromite ()*	Olkhonskite ()*	Oxy-dravite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schreyerite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Vuorelainenite ()*

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 B C Cr H Mg Mn Na O Si Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Cr H Mg Mn Na O Si Ti V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Berdesinskiite Beryl Corundum None Not in a structural group Rutile Schreyerite Spinel Tourmaline

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Berdesinskiite ()*	Berdesinskiite	V³⁺₂TiO₅	500	450	7
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	500	450	1008
Eskolaite ()*	Corundum	Cr₂O₃	500	450	30
Graphite ()*	None	C	500	450	2812
Karelianite ()*	Corundum	V₂O₃	500	450	17
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	500	450	1507
Manganochromite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Cr₂O₄	500	450	6
Olkhonskite ()*	Schreyerite	Cr₂Ti₃O₉	500	450	1
Oxy-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	500	450	24
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	500	450	5614
Schreyerite ()*	Schreyerite	V³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	500	450	10
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	500	450	1516
Vuorelainenite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺V³⁺₂O₄	500	450	9

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
	Cr-00029	500	450	480	Pb			monazite, allanite, zircon, thorite, phlogopite					Eskolaite, Olkhonskite	Cr	2720	Ol'khonskiye Vorota Strait (Olkhon Gate), Lake Baikal Area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia	Baikal	Gastil (1960)	10.2475/ajs.258.1.1	AJS258_1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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