Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Alakit-Markha, Daldyn-Alakit Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 378.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 363.7

mindat Locality ID: 43569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alakit-Markha, Daldyn-Alakit Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Aikhal Mine (Aikhal Pipe)
Komsomolsky Open-pit Mine (Komsomol'skaya Pipe)
Krasnopresnenskaya Pipe
Ottorzhenets Kimberlite Body
Ozernaya Pipe
Pervomaiskaya Vein
Sytykanskaya Pipe
Yubileyny Open-pit Mine (Yubileinaya Pipe; Jubileinaya; Jubilee)

Latitude: 66°1'55"N
Longitude: 111°31'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 66.031944444444,111.52527777778

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.

Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Spinel

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 C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Diamond Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Chromite ()*	Diamond ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	103528	3902
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	378.9	363.7	8	103527,103528,103529,103530,103531,103532,103533,103534	697
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	103529	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	103528	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	103530,103532	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	103533	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	103533	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	103534	14899
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			2	103528,103530	229
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	103533	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	103528,103529,103534	341
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			4	103530,103532,103533,103534	1934

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000487	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, veins and lenses in massif and contact aureole. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline pyroxenite, melteigite, ijolite, urtite, and fenite; dyke rocks include biotite glimmerite, ijolite (pegmatite), monchiquite and nepheline and cancrinite syenites.
Jen_0000488	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes, veins and lenses in massif and contact aureole. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline pyroxenite, melteigite, ijolite, urtite, and fenite; dyke rocks include biotite glimmerite, ijolite (pegmatite), monchiquite and nepheline and cancrinite syenites.

2 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
	Jen_0000487	378.9	373.1	376±2.9	Rb-Sr			whole rock, biotite							194700	Ozernaya Pipe, Alakit-Markha, Daldyn-Alakit Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia	Ozernaya Varaka	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
	Jen_0000488	374.3	363.7	369±5.3	Rb-Sr			whole rock, biotite							194700	Ozernaya Pipe, Alakit-Markha, Daldyn-Alakit Kimberlite Field, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia	Ozernaya Varaka	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55

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