Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Balaklava Area, Crimea, Russia

mindat Locality ID: 282943
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282943.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Balaklava Area, Crimea, Russia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cape Fiolent

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Botryogen	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copiapite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Heulandite	Hexahydrite
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Tamarugite

Aluminocopiapite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Botryogen ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copiapite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tamarugite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Analcime Aragonite Baryte Botryogen Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copiapite Copper Covellite Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Heulandite Hexahydrite
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Sulphur Tamarugite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O	1	101946	50
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	1	101946	272
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	101946	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	101946	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	101946	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	101946	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	101946	5516
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	1	101946	45
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	101946	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	101946	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	101946	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	101946	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	101946	3531
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	101946	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	101946	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	101946	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	101946	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	101946	484
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	101946	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	101946	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	101946	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	101946	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	101946	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	101946	1398
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	101946	246
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	101946	251
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	101946	2228
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	101946	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	101946	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	101946	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	101946	5674
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	101946	254
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	101946	1236
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	101946	265
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	101946	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	101946	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	101946	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	101946	21482
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	101946	79
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	101946	2045
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	101946	87

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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