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Malkhan pegmatite field (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia

A field of complex granitic pegmatites located south-east of Lake Baikal, about 100 km from Ulan-Ude. The pegmatites were discovered in 1980 by Russian exploration geologists, and are known for recent production of pink and polychrome elbaite, and other pegmatite minerals.

Reference: Zagorsky, V. Y., I. S. Peretyazhko and V. Y. Kushnarov (2005), Tourmalines of Malkhan, Institute of Geochemistry, Irkutsk, 31 p. (in English and Russian)




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
'Adularia'
Albite
var: Cleavelandite
var: Oligoclase
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
'Axinite'
Beryl
var: Morganite
Betafite
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bismutocolumbite (TL)
Bismutomicrolite
Bobierrite
Borocookeite (TL)
Boromuscovite
Cassiterite
Columbite-(Mn)
Cookeite
Danburite
Elbaite
Euxenite-(Y)
Fluorite
Hambergite
'Ilmenorutile-StrĂ¼verite Series'
Ixiolite
var: Scandian Ixiolite (of von Knorring)
'K Feldspar'
Lepidolite
Microcline
var: Amazonite

Microlite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Muscovite
Petalite
Pollucite
Polycrase-(Y)
Pyrochlore
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rutile
var: StrĂ¼verite

Schorl
Spessartine
Spodumene
Stibiomicrolite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
'var: Rubellite'
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon


81 entries listed. 37 valid minerals. 2 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
Russia
 
  • Eastern-Siberian Region
    • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
      • Chitinskaya Oblast'
        • Krasnyi Chikoy
          • Malkhan pegmatite field (Malchan)

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