Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vardenis, Gelark'unik' Province (Geghark'unik'), Armenia

mindat Locality ID: 280553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vardenis, Gelark'unik' Province (Geghark'unik'), Armenia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zod Mine (Sotk Deposit)

Latitude: 40°12'0"N
Longitude: 45°51'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.2,45.85

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Melonite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Stibnite	Tetradymite	Zemannite

Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bilibinskite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Chekhovichite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Keystoneite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Melonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*
Smirnite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tellurantimony ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Volynskite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Clay Copper Melonite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Stibnite Tetradymite Zemannite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	3814	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	3814	9052
Bilibinskite ()*	None	PbAu₃Cu₂Te₂	1	3814	12
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	3814	843
Chekhovichite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂Te⁴⁺₄O₁₁	1	3814	5
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	3814	9895
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	1	3814	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	3814	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	3814	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	3814	804
Keystoneite ()*	Zemannite	Mg_0.5NiFe³⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·4H₂O	1	3814	4
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	3814	1487
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	3814	207
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	3814	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	1	3814	67
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	3814	767
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1	3814	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	3814	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	3814	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	1	3814	64
Smirnite ()*	None	Bi³⁺₂Te⁴⁺O₅	1	3814	7
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	3814	3418
Tellurantimony ()*	Tetradymite	Sb₂Te₃	1	3814	29
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	3814	276
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	3814	510
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	1	3814	64

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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