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Popigai impact crater, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russiai
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Popigai impact craterImpact Crater
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky DistrictDistrict
Krasnoyarsk KraiKrai
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Popigai impact crater, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
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Popigai impact crater, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
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Zircon

Popigai impact crater, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
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Popigai impact crater, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
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Popigai impact crater, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
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Popigai impact crater, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
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Popigai impact crater, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
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Popigai impact crater, Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
Type:
Impact Crater
Age:
35.7 Β± 0.2 Ma
Geologic Time:
Eocene
Mindat Locality ID:
56579
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:56579:5
GUID (UUID V4):
9e050e3a-5f51-44b5-8a1a-83acdd57728c
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Popigayskii
Other Languages:
Russian:
Попигайский ΠΈΠΌΠΏΠ°ΠΊΡ‚Π½Ρ‹ΠΉ ΠΊΡ€Π°Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€, Ваймырский Π”ΠΎΠ»Π³Π°Π½ΠΎ-НСнСцкий Ρ€Π°ΠΉΠΎΠ½, ΠšΡ€Π°ΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡ€ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΊΡ€Π°ΠΉ, Россия


35 Ma age (Eocene).

Huge impact crater about 90 km in diameter. Impactor is thought to have been betweeen 5 km and 8 km in diameter. It is possible this impact triggered the Eocene-Oligocene extinction event.

Layered and irregular/massive diamond grains have been reported to contain "lonsdaleite", amorphous carbon, graphite and fullerene-like/onion-like carbon. The first impact diamonds containing the latter are described from here. There is a possibility that the fullerene-like carbon is a relic.

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25 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
β“˜ Albite var. Andesine
Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
β“˜ Albite var. Oligoclase
Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
β“˜ 'Amphibole Supergroup'
Formula: AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
β“˜ Anorthite
Formula: Ca(Al2Si2O8)
β“˜ Anorthite var. Bytownite
Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
β“˜ Anorthite var. Labradorite
Formula: (Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
β“˜ Chaoite
Formula: C
β“˜ 'Chlorite Group'
β“˜ Cordierite
Formula: (Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
β“˜ Cristobalite
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Diamond
Formula: C
β“˜ Diamond var. Nano-Polycrystalline Diamond
Formula: C
β“˜ Ferrosilite
Formula: Fe2+2Si2O6
β“˜ 'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
β“˜ Graphite
Formula: C
β“˜ Hercynite
Formula: Fe2+Al2O4
β“˜ 'Hypersthene'
Formula: (Mg,Fe)SiO3
β“˜ Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
β“˜ Iron
Formula: Fe
β“˜ 'K Feldspar'
β“˜ Lechatelierite
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Lonsdaleite
Formula: C
References:
Sonin, Valeri, Egor Zhimulev, Aleksei Chepurov, Ivan Gryaznov, Anatoly Chepurov, Valentin Afanasiev, and Nikolai Pokhilenko. 2021. "Experimental Etching of Diamonds: Extrapolation to Impact Diamonds from the Popigai Crater (Russia)" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1229. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111229
Chepurov, Anatoly, Sergey Goryainov, Sergey Gromilov, Egor Zhimulev, Valeriy Sonin, Aleksey Chepurov, Zakhar Karpovich, Valentin Afanasiev, and Nikolay Pokhilenko. 2023. "HPHT-Treated Impact Diamonds from the Popigai Crater (Siberian Craton): XRD and Raman Spectroscopy Evidence" Minerals 13, no. 2: 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13020154
P.H. Nixon, (1995) The morphology and nature of primary diamondiferous occurrences, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Volume 53, Issues 1–3, March 1995, Pages 41-71
β“˜ 'Maskelynite'
β“˜ 'Mica Group'
β“˜ 'Moissanite-15R'
β“˜ 'Moissanite-4H'
β“˜ 'Moissanite-6H'
β“˜ Monazite-(Ce)
Formula: Ce(PO4)
References:
Joan Rosell
β“˜ Mullite
Formula: Al4+2xSi2-2xO10-x
β“˜ Nickel
Formula: Ni
β“˜ Pentlandite
Formula: (NixFey)Ξ£9S8
β“˜ Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Rutile
Formula: TiO2
β“˜ Silicon
Formula: Si
β“˜ 'Smectite Group'
Formula: A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O
β“˜ Taenite
Formula: (Fe,Ni)
β“˜ Tridymite
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Troilite
Formula: FeS
β“˜ 'UM2003-04-E:C'
Formula: C
β“˜ Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
β“˜Nickel1.AA.05Ni
β“˜Iron1.AE.05Fe
β“˜Taenite1.AE.10(Fe,Ni)
β“˜Graphite1.CB.05aC
β“˜Chaoite1.CB.05bC
β“˜Diamond1.CB.10aC
β“˜var. Nano-Polycrystalline Diamond1.CB.10aC
β“˜Lonsdaleite1.CB.10bC
β“˜Silicon1.CB.15Si
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Pentlandite2.BB.15(NixFey)Ξ£9S8
β“˜Troilite2.CC.10FeS
β“˜Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Hercynite4.BB.05Fe2+Al2O4
β“˜Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
β“˜Tridymite4.DA.10SiO2
β“˜Cristobalite4.DA.15SiO2
β“˜Lechatelierite4.DA.30SiO2
β“˜Rutile4.DB.05TiO2
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
β“˜Monazite-(Ce)8.AD.50Ce(PO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Zircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
β“˜Mullite9.AF.20Al4+2xSi2-2xO10-x
β“˜Cordierite9.CJ.10(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
β“˜Ferrosilite9.DA.05Fe2+2Si2O6
β“˜Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
β“˜var. Oligoclase9.FA.35(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
β“˜Anorthite
var. Labradorite		9.FA.35(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
β“˜Albite
var. Andesine		9.FA.35(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
β“˜Anorthite
var. Bytownite		9.FA.35(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
β“˜9.FA.35Ca(Al2Si2O8)
Unclassified
β“˜'K Feldspar'-
β“˜'Moissanite-4H'-
β“˜'Smectite Group'-A0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 Β· nH2O
β“˜'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3
β“˜'Moissanite-15R'-
β“˜'Maskelynite'-
β“˜'Mica Group'-
β“˜'Amphibole Supergroup'-AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
β“˜'Moissanite-6H'-
β“˜'Chlorite Group'-
β“˜'Hypersthene'-(Mg,Fe)SiO3
β“˜'UM2003-04-E:C'-C

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Hβ“˜ Smectite GroupA0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O
CCarbon
Cβ“˜ ChaoiteC
Cβ“˜ DiamondC
Cβ“˜ GraphiteC
Cβ“˜ LonsdaleiteC
Cβ“˜ Diamond var. Nano-Polycrystalline DiamondC
Cβ“˜ UM2003-04-E:CC
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Oβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Oβ“˜ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Oβ“˜ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Oβ“˜ Anorthite var. Bytownite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Oβ“˜ Cordierite(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Oβ“˜ CristobaliteSiO2
Oβ“˜ FerrosiliteFe22+Si2O6
Oβ“˜ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Oβ“˜ Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Oβ“˜ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Oβ“˜ Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Oβ“˜ LechatelieriteSiO2
Oβ“˜ Monazite-(Ce)Ce(PO4)
Oβ“˜ MulliteAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x
Oβ“˜ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ RutileTiO2
Oβ“˜ TridymiteSiO2
Oβ“˜ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Oβ“˜ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Oβ“˜ Smectite GroupA0.3D2-3[T4O10]Z2 · nH2O
FFluorine
Fβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
NaSodium
Naβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Naβ“˜ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Naβ“˜ Anorthite var. Bytownite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Naβ“˜ Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Naβ“˜ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
MgMagnesium
Mgβ“˜ Cordierite(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Mgβ“˜ Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Alβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Alβ“˜ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Alβ“˜ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Alβ“˜ Anorthite var. Bytownite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Alβ“˜ Cordierite(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Alβ“˜ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Alβ“˜ Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Alβ“˜ MulliteAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x
Alβ“˜ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Siβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Siβ“˜ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Siβ“˜ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Siβ“˜ Anorthite var. Bytownite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Siβ“˜ Cordierite(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Siβ“˜ CristobaliteSiO2
Siβ“˜ FerrosiliteFe22+Si2O6
Siβ“˜ Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Siβ“˜ Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Siβ“˜ LechatelieriteSiO2
Siβ“˜ MulliteAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x
Siβ“˜ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Siβ“˜ SiliconSi
Siβ“˜ TridymiteSiO2
Siβ“˜ ZirconZr(SiO4)
Siβ“˜ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
PPhosphorus
Pβ“˜ Monazite-(Ce)Ce(PO4)
SSulfur
Sβ“˜ Pentlandite(NixFey)Ξ£9S8
Sβ“˜ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Sβ“˜ TroiliteFeS
ClChlorine
Clβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
CaCalcium
Caβ“˜ Albite var. Andesine(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Caβ“˜ AnorthiteCa(Al2Si2O8)
Caβ“˜ Anorthite var. Bytownite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Caβ“˜ Anorthite var. Labradorite(Ca,Na)[Al(Al,Si)Si2O8]
Caβ“˜ Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
TiTitanium
Tiβ“˜ Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Tiβ“˜ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Tiβ“˜ RutileTiO2
FeIron
Feβ“˜ Cordierite(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Feβ“˜ FerrosiliteFe22+Si2O6
Feβ“˜ HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
Feβ“˜ Hypersthene(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Feβ“˜ IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Feβ“˜ IronFe
Feβ“˜ Pentlandite(NixFey)Ξ£9S8
Feβ“˜ PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Feβ“˜ Taenite(Fe,Ni)
Feβ“˜ TroiliteFeS
NiNickel
Niβ“˜ NickelNi
Niβ“˜ Pentlandite(NixFey)Ξ£9S8
Niβ“˜ Taenite(Fe,Ni)
ZrZirconium
Zrβ“˜ ZirconZr(SiO4)
CeCerium
Ceβ“˜ Monazite-(Ce)Ce(PO4)

Fossils

There are 1 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed513 Ma (Cambrian)
Oldest Fossil Listed516 Ma (Cambrian)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Paradoxides (Eccaparadoxides)
subgenus		Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Paradoxididae : Paradoxides : Paradoxides (Eccaparadoxides)516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Aldonaia
genus		Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Protolenidae : Aldonaia516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
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References

Chepurov, Anatoly, Sergey Goryainov, Sergey Gromilov, Egor Zhimulev, Valeriy Sonin, Aleksey Chepurov, Zakhar Karpovich, Valentin Afanasiev, and Nikolay Pokhilenko. 2023. "HPHT-Treated Impact Diamonds from the Popigai Crater (Siberian Craton): XRD and Raman Spectroscopy Evidence" Minerals 13, no. 2: 154. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13020154
en.wikipedia.org (n.d.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popigai_crater
www.passc.net (n.d.) http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/popigai.html
inside.mines.edu (n.d.) http://inside.mines.edu/UserFiles/File/Geology/Popigai.pdf
www.nature.com (n.d.) https://www.nature.com/articles/srep14702.pdf
Masaitis, V.L., Mikhailov, M.V., and Selivanovskaya, T.V. (1972): Popigai Basin - an explosion meteorite crater. Meteoritics, 7 (1), 39-46.
Masaitis, V. L. (1994): Impactites from Popigai crater. In: Dressler, B.O., Grieve, R.A.F., and Sharpton, V.L., eds., Large meteorite impacts and planetary evolution. Geological Society of America Special Paper 293, p. 153-162.
Masaitis, V. L. (1998): Popigai crater: Origin and distribution of diamond-bearing impactites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 33, 349-359.
Kenkmann, T., Horz, F., Deutsch, A. (2005): Large Meteorite Impacts Three. GSA Special Paper: 384.
Shumilova, K., Kis, V.K., Masaitis, V., Isaenko, S., Makeev, B. (2014): Onion-like carbon in impact diamonds from the Popigai astrobleme. European Journal of Mineralogy: 26(2): 267-277.
Shchukina, E.V., Afanasiev, V.P., Lobov, K.V., Malygina, E.V. and Pokhilenko, N.P., (2017): New data on the composition of tagamites of the Popigai astrobleme. Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 473, No. 1, pp. 333-337). Pleiades Publishing. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elena_Shchukina2/publication/315891528_New_Data_on_the_Composition_of_Tagamites_of_the_Popigai_Astrobleme/links/5b063369aca2725783d8a23d/New-Data-on-the-Composition-of-Tagamites-of-the-Popigai-Astrobleme.pdf
Masaitis, V.L. (Ed.) (2019): Popigai Impact Structure and its Diamond-Bearing Rocks. Impact Studies
Sonin, Valeri, Egor Zhimulev, Aleksei Chepurov, Ivan Gryaznov, Anatoly Chepurov, Valentin Afanasiev, and Nikolai Pokhilenko. (2021) "Experimental Etching of Diamonds: Extrapolation to Impact Diamonds from the Popigai Crater (Russia)" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1229. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111229
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