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Kopeisk, Chelyabinsk coal basin, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia
Cohenite
Kopeisk, Chelyabinsk coal basin, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia
Photo: Thomas Witzke
Kopeisk, Chelyabinsk coal basin, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia
Photo: Thomas Witzke
Latitude: 55°7'N
Longitude: 61°39'E
Longitude: 61°39'E
Spontaneous fires occur on many coal dumps and are known to rage for many years or decades, forming many rare high-temperature minerals. More than 40 new compounds have been found in the Chelyabinsk Basin, but only 8 of them are today accepted as “real” mineral species.
Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities116 entries listed. 49 valid minerals. 7 type localities (valid minerals).
Localities in this Region
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References
- Chesnokov, B.V., L.F. Bazhenova, E.P. Shcherbakova, T.A. Michal, T.N. Deriabina (1988), New minerals from the burned dumps of the Chelyabinsk coal basin, in Mineralogy, technogenesis, and mineral-resource complexes of the Urals. Akad. Nauk SSSR-Uralskoe Otdel.: 5-31 (in Russian).
- Cesnokov, B., M. Kotrly, and T. Nisanbajev (1998): Brennende Abraumhalden und Aufschlüsse im Tscheljabinsker Kohlenbecken - eine reiche Mineralienküche. Mineralien-Welt, 9 (3), 54-63 (in German).
- Cesnokov, B., M. Kotrly, and T. Nisanbajev (1998): Brennende Abraumhalden und Aufschlüsse im Tscheljabinsker Kohlenbecken - eine reiche Mineralienküche. Mineralien-Welt, 9 (3), 54-63 (in German).
External Links
- http://geo.web.ru/druza/l-Kopeisk.htm A lot of photos (specimens from different collections) and maps (in Russian)
- http://maurice.strahlen.org/ural/srednji.htm
- http://maurice.strahlen.org/ural/srednji.htm
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