Predictive Mineralogy
Possible unrecorded species at Xenolith no. 7, Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera (Verkhnechegemskaya caldera), Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
This table is based on statistical analysis of other localities containing similar species to the ones found at this locality.
Possible missing species | Formula | Match % | Due to recorded presence of |
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Calcite | CaCO3 | 99.99% | Baddeleyite (51.52 %), Baghdadite (90.91 %), Bultfonteinite (70.83 %), Cuspidine (71.76 %), Ettringite (78.57 %), Grossular (59.86 %), Hillebrandite (68.18 %), Hydroxylellestadite (62.07 %), Katoite (70.59 %), Kerimasite (50.00 %), Killalaite (71.43 %), Kimzeyite (82.35 %), Larnite (60.00 %), Perovskite (58.08 %), Rankinite (78.79 %), Reinhardbraunsite (58.33 %), Srebrodolskite (50.00 %), Tazheranite (69.23 %), Vorlanite (60.00 %), Wollastonite (65.90 %) |
Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 | 99.90% | Baghdadite (72.73 %), Bultfonteinite (54.17 %), Cuspidine (54.12 %), Grossular (52.27 %), Perovskite (52.40 %), Rankinite (54.55 %), Tazheranite (69.23 %), Wollastonite (50.54 %) |
Quartz | SiO2 | 99.88% | Fluorapatite (70.90 %), Fluorite (66.12 %), Grossular (59.42 %), Kimzeyite (58.82 %), Magnetite (50.54 %), Wollastonite (59.81 %), Zircon (64.02 %) |
Andradite | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 99.75% | Baghdadite (63.64 %), Cuspidine (52.94 %), Hillebrandite (50.00 %), Kerimasite (50.00 %), Kimzeyite (76.47 %), Rankinite (51.52 %), Reinhardbraunsite (50.00 %) |
Hematite | Fe2O3 | 99.31% | Katoite (64.71 %), Magnesioferrite (50.41 %), Reinhardbraunsite (58.33 %), Srebrodolskite (52.94 %), Vorlanite (80.00 %) |
Hydrocalumite | Ca4Al2(OH)12(Cl,CO3,OH)2 · 4H2O | 98.97% | Kerimasite (58.33 %), Lakargiite (66.67 %), Reinhardbraunsite (66.67 %), Rondorfite (55.56 %), Vorlanite (50.00 %) |
Gehlenite | Ca2Al[AlSiO7] | 98.96% | Hillebrandite (50.00 %), Katoite (58.82 %), Rankinite (75.76 %), Reinhardbraunsite (58.33 %), Vorlanite (50.00 %) |
Spurrite | Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) | 97.72% | Hillebrandite (50.00 %), Killalaite (57.14 %), Lakargiite (53.33 %), Rankinite (54.55 %), Reinhardbraunsite (50.00 %) |
Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS | 95.06% | Baghdadite (54.55 %), Kimzeyite (52.94 %), Reinhardbraunsite (50.00 %), Tazheranite (53.85 %) |
Pyrite | FeS2 | 93.73% | Baghdadite (63.64 %), Kimzeyite (64.71 %), Wollastonite (51.22 %) |
Periclase | MgO | 91.21% | Lakargiite (53.33 %), Srebrodolskite (52.94 %), Vorlanite (60.00 %) |
Aragonite | CaCO3 | 89.28% | Ettringite (54.46 %), Katoite (52.94 %), Reinhardbraunsite (50.00 %) |
Fluorellestadite | Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F | 86.66% | Rondorfite (55.56 %), Vorlanite (70.00 %) |
Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 84.61% | Reinhardbraunsite (66.67 %), Tazheranite (53.85 %) |
Vesuvianite | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(â—»4)â—»[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 | 83.47% | Baghdadite (63.64 %), Hillebrandite (54.55 %) |
Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 81.28% | Baghdadite (54.55 %), Kimzeyite (58.82 %) |
Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 80.99% | Kimzeyite (58.82 %), Tazheranite (53.85 %) |
Augite | (CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 | 79.02% | Baghdadite (54.55 %), Tazheranite (53.85 %) |
Wadalite | (Ca,Mg)6(Al,Fe3+)4((Si,Al)O4)3O4Cl3 | 77.77% | Rondorfite (77.78 %) |
Portlandite | Ca(OH)2 | 76.47% | Katoite (52.94 %), Vorlanite (50.00 %) |
Brownmillerite | Ca2(Al,Fe3+)2O5 | 75.00% | Reinhardbraunsite (50.00 %), Vorlanite (50.00 %) |
Thaumasite | Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O | 66.66% | Reinhardbraunsite (66.67 %) |
Forsterite | Mg2SiO4 | 61.53% | Tazheranite (61.54 %) |
Rutile | TiO2 | 58.82% | Kimzeyite (58.82 %) |
Afwillite | Ca3(HSiO4)2 · 2H2O | 58.33% | Reinhardbraunsite (58.33 %) |
Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O | 58.03% | Ettringite (58.04 %) |
Ilmenite | Fe2+TiO3 | 56.36% | Baddeleyite (56.36 %) |
Calzirtite | Ca2Zr5Ti2O16 | 53.84% | Tazheranite (53.85 %) |
Opal | SiO2 · nH2O | 52.94% | Katoite (52.94 %) |
Tobermorite | Ca4Si6O17(H2O)2 · (Ca · 3H2O) | 52.94% | Katoite (52.94 %) |
Cordierite | (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18) | 50.00% | Reinhardbraunsite (50.00 %) |
Cristobalite | SiO2 | 50.00% | Reinhardbraunsite (50.00 %) |
Nabimusaite | KCa12(SiO4)4(SO4)2O2F | 50.00% | Vorlanite (50.00 %) |
Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 43.63% | Baghdadite (54.55 %) |
Baryte | BaSO4 | 42.35% | Kimzeyite (52.94 %) |
Key: Mineral matches key element mineralogy of deposit Key element(s) in mineral not listed for deposit (-20% score)
Predicting paragenetic modes of deposit
Green indicates almost certain match based on minerals unique to a certain deposit type. Yellow indicates a possibly poor match, but should not be entirely discounted. Scores > 100 indicate strong confidence.