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Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia



Detailed Mineral List:
Brucite
Formula: Mg(OH)2
Reference: American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002
Buryatite (TL)
Formula: Ca3(Si,Fe,Al)(SO4)[B(OH)4]O(OH)5 · 12H2O
Type Locality: Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Reference: American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002
Photo: © 2008, JGW. Buryatite from Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Cahnite
Formula: Ca2[B(OH)4](AsO4)
Reference: Doklady Acad. Nauk SSSR 166,695-697(1966)
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Reference: [AmMin 85:1322]; American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
'Chlorite Group'
Reference: Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Dashkovaite
Formula: Mg(HCOO)2 · 2H2O
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Dashkovaite from Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Fedorovskite (TL)
Formula: Ca2(Mg,Mn2+)2(B4O7)(OH)6
Type Locality: Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Reference: Malinko, S.V., T.I. Stolyarova, and D.P. Shashkin (1972) The first finding of magnesium roweite, its paragenesis and products of replacement. Zap. Vses. Mineral. Obshch., 101, 465–473 [cited in Handbook of Mineralogy]; American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Photo: © Pavel M. Kartashov. Fedorovskite from Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Fluoborite
Formula: Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
Reference: American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002
Formicaite (TL)
Formula: Ca(HCOO)2
Type Locality: Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Reference: [AmMin 85:1322]
Photo: © 2007, JGW. Formicaite from Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Frolovite
Formula: Ca[B(OH)4]2
Reference: [AmMin 85:1322]; American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Photo: © Knut Eldjarn. Frolovite from Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
'Garnet'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Reference: Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Hexahydroborite (TL)
Formula: Ca[B(OH)4]2 · 6H2O
Type Locality: Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Reference: M.A. Simonov et al.: ZVMO 106:691-697 (1977); Amer. Mineral. 63:1283 (1978); American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Photo: © Thomas Witzke. Hexahydroborite from Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Johnbaumite
Formula: Ca5(AsO4)3OH
Reference: P.M. Kartashov data; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Kurchatovite (TL)
Formula: Ca(Mg,Mn2+)[B2O5]
Type Locality: Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Reference: [AmMin 85:1322]; American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Photo: © Pavel M. Kartashov. Kurchatovite from Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Lizardite
Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Reference: [AmMin 85:1322]
Ludwigite
Formula: Mg2Fe3+(BO3)O2
Reference: Lapis 29(1), 47 (2004); American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002
Magnesite
Formula: MgCO3
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Reference: American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Pentahydroborite
Formula: CaB2O(OH)6 · 2H2O
Reference: [AmMin 85:1322]; American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Priceite
Formula: Ca2B5O7(OH)5 · H2O
Reference: Lapis 29(1), 47 (2004)
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: Lapis 29(1), 47 (2004)
Roweite
Formula: Ca2Mn2+2(B4O7)(OH)6
Reference: Nikita Chukanov (IR- and EDS-analyses)
Photo: © 2008, JGW. Roweite from Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Sakhaite
Formula: Ca12Mg4(BO3)7(CO3)4(OH)2Cl
Reference: [AmMin 85:1322]; American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Photo: © Pavel M. Kartashov. Sakhaite from Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Solongoite (TL)
Formula: Ca2(H3B3O7)(OH)Cl
Type Locality: Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Reference: American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Reference: Lapis 29(1), 47 (2004); American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Szaibélyite
Formula: Mg2[(OH)(B2O4(OH))]
Reference: Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Turneaureite
Formula: Ca5(AsO4)3Cl
Reference: P.M. Kartashov data; American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Vesuvianite
Formula: (Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5(Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10
Reference: Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Vimsite
Formula: CaB2O2(OH)4
Reference: [AmMin 85:1322]; American Mineralogist, Volume 87, pages 1509–1513, 2002
Photo: © Pavel M. Kartashov. Vimsite from Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Vitimite (TL)
Formula: Ca6[(OH)14|SO4|B14O19] · 5H2O
Type Locality: Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Reference: Lapis 29(1), 47 (2004)
Photo: © 2008, JGW. Vitimite from Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic, Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia


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