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Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aqtöbe Oblysy (Aktubinsk [Aktyubinsk; Aktubinskaya] Oblast'), Kazakhstan

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The Chelkar salt deposit, Caspian Depression, western Kazakhstan, covers 1,250 square miles and is nearly five miles deep.

Ref. Lobanova, V.V. (1963) Zap. Vses. Mineral. Ob.: 92: 697.





Mineral List:
  		•  Aksaite (TL)
    Mg[B
     
    6
    		O
     
    7
    		(OH)
     
    6
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aqtöbe Oblysy (Aktubinsk [Aktyubinsk; Aktubinskaya] Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    Reference: [Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index, 3rd Edition"]; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
  		•  Anhydrite
    CaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy Vol V p 6; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
  		•  Bischofite
    MgCl
     
    2
    		 · 6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
  		•  Boracite
    Mg
     
    3
    		[Cl|B
     
    7
    		O
     
    13
    		]
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy Vol V p 6; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
  		•  Carnallite
    KMgCl
     
    3
    		·6H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
  		•  Chelkarite (TL)
    CaMgB
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    		(Cl,OH)
     
    2
    		·5H
     
    2
    		O Or near, with Cl:OH = 3:1
    Type Locality: Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aqtöbe Oblysy (Aktubinsk [Aktyubinsk; Aktubinskaya] Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    Reference: [AM 56 (1971), 1122]
  		•  Ginorite
    Ca
     
    2
    		B
     
    14
    		O
     
    23
    		·8H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy Vol V p 6; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
  		•  Halite
    NaCl
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy Vol V p 6; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
  		•  Halurgite (TL)
    Mg
     
    2
    		[B
     
    4
    		O
     
    7
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 5H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aqtöbe Oblysy (Aktubinsk [Aktyubinsk; Aktubinskaya] Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy Vol V p 6; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
    Site Photo
    Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aqtöbe Oblysy (Aktubinsk [Aktyubinsk; Aktubinskaya] Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © Peter Kohorst
  		•  Hilgardite
    Ca
     
    2
    		B
     
    5
    		O
     
    9
    		Cl·H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
  		•  Hydroboracite
    CaMg[B
     
    3
    		O
     
    4
    		(OH)
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 3H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: []
  		•  Kaliborite
    KMg
     
    2
    		H[B
     
    6
    		O
     
    8
    		(OH)
     
    5
    		]
     
    2
    		(H
     
    2
    		O)
     
    4
    Reference: [Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
  		•  Kieserite
    MgSO
     
    4
    		·H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy Vol V p 6; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
  		•  Kurgantaite
    CaSr[B
     
    5
    		O
     
    9
    		]Cl · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [I.V. Pekov et al. (2001) Zap. Vser. Min. Ob. 130(3), 71-79 (in russ.).]
  		•  Magnesite
    MgCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
  		•  Metaborite (TL)
    HBO
     
    2
    Type Locality: Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aqtöbe Oblysy (Aktubinsk [Aktyubinsk; Aktubinskaya] Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    Reference: [American Mineralogist (1965): 50: 261-262.; Handbook of Mineralogy Vol V p 6; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
    Site Photo
    Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aqtöbe Oblysy (Aktubinsk [Aktyubinsk; Aktubinskaya] Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © Pavel M. Kartashov
  		•  Novgorodovaite (TL)
    Ca
     
    2
    		[Cl
     
    2
    		|C
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aqtöbe Oblysy (Aktubinsk [Aktyubinsk; Aktubinskaya] Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    Reference: [N.V. Chukanov, D.I. Belakovskii, R.K. Rastsvetaeva, O.V. Karimova & A.E. Zadov (2001) Zap. Vser. Min. Ob. 130/4, 32-35]
    Site Photo
    Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aqtöbe Oblysy (Aktubinsk [Aktyubinsk; Aktubinskaya] Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    © Thomas Witzke
  		•  Pinnoite
    Mg[B
     
    2
    		O(OH)
     
    6
    		]
    Reference: [Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
  		•  Preobrazhenskite
    Mg
     
    3
    		B
     
    11
    		O
     
    15
    		(OH)
     
    9
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy Vol V p 6]
  		•  Strontioborite
    SrB
     
    8
    		O
     
    11
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Handbook of Mineralogy Vol V p 6; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]
  		•  Tatarskite (TL)
    Ca
     
    6
    		Mg
     
    2
    		(SO
     
    4
    		)
     
    2
    		(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    		Cl
     
    4
    		(OH)
     
    4
    		·7H
     
    2
    		O
    Type Locality: Chelkar salt dome, Aksai Valley, Aqtöbe Oblysy (Aktubinsk [Aktyubinsk; Aktubinskaya] Oblast'), Kazakhstan
    Reference: [Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow]


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