Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Konya Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey

mindat Locality ID: 44099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Konya Province, Central Anatolia Region, Turkey": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Great Konya Basin
Güzelyayla

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.

Blödite	Calcite	Clay	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	None	Picromerite	Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Starkeyite
Stilpnomelane

Blödite ()*	Burkeite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eugsterite ()*
Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Konyaite ()*
Löweite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Starkeyite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Thénardite ()*	Trona ()*

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 Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Blödite Calcite Clay Gypsum Hexahydrite None Picromerite Rocksalt Sepiolite Starkeyite
Stilpnomelane

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	2	116535,116538	130
Burkeite ()*	None	Na₄(SO₄)(CO₃)	1	116536	47
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	116537,116538	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	116538	9895
Eugsterite ()*	None	Na₄Ca(SO₄)₃·2H₂O	2	116538,116539	32
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	2	116538,116539	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	116535,116537,116538	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	5	116535,116536,116537,116538,116539	1398
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	116535	251
Konyaite ()*	Picromerite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·5H₂O	2	116535,116537	20
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	1	116535	28
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	116535	1487
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	2	116538,116539	80
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	2	116537,116538	241
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	116535	79
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	116540	456
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	2	116538,116539	299
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	116536	129

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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