Coal mine No. 45, Kopeisk, Chelyabinsk coal basin, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia

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Spontaneous fires occur on many coal dumps and are known to rage for many years or decades, forming many rare high-temperature minerals.
Ref.: http://maurice.strahlen.org/ural/srednji.htm

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Mineral List:

Aciculite
Afanasievaite
Anorthite
Belosharite
Chesofiite
Cohenite

Dmisteinbergite (TL)
Fayalite
Fluorite
Graphite
Igumnovite
Periclase

Rorisite (TL)
Svyatoslavite (TL)
Titanite
Troilite

16 entries listed. 11 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:

Russia

Urals Region

Southern Urals

Chelyabinsk Oblast'

Chelyabinsk coal basin

Kopeisk

Coal mine No. 45

Mine dump

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