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Oligonite

A variety of Siderite

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Oligonite, etc.

Rebentão Mine, Lagares do Estanho Mines, Queiriga, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu, Portugal

Oligonite, etc.

Rebentão Mine, Lagares do Estanho Mines, Queiriga, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu, Portugal

Oligonite

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Rebentão Mine, Lagares do Estanho Mines, Queiriga, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu, Portugal

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Rebentão Mine, Lagares do Estanho Mines, Queiriga, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu, Portugal

Oligonite

Fonte da Cal Mine, Bendada Mines, Bendada, Sabugal, Guarda, Portugal

Oligonite, etc.

Rebentão Mine, Lagares do Estanho Mines, Queiriga, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu, Portugal

Oligonite, etc.

Rebentão Mine, Lagares do Estanho Mines, Queiriga, Vila Nova de Paiva, Viseu, Portugal

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About OligoniteHide

Formula:

(Fe,Mn)CO₃

Name:

From the Greek όλίγος, small, due to the lower specific gravity of this variety due to substituted Mn for Fe.

A variety of Siderite

An unnecessary name for a manganoan variety of siderite, with up to 40% MnCO3 [Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index"].

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

2978 (as Oligonite)
3647 (as Siderite)

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:2978:6 (as Oligonite)
mindat:1:1:3647:0 (as Siderite)

GUID
(UUID V4):

af8012e2-adcb-4bdc-b21d-ad1ff6580016 (as Oligonite)
ea4ee0ae-95d0-4330-a83e-558d6d01833f (as Siderite)

Chemical Properties of OligoniteHide

Formula:

(Fe,Mn)CO₃

Elements listed:

C, Fe, Mn, O - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Synonyms of OligoniteHide

Oligonsiderite

Oligon Spar

Oligonspath

Other Language Names for OligoniteHide

German:Manganospaerit
Oligonit
Oligonsiderit

Spanish:Manganospaerita
Oligonita
Oligonsiderita

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

2 photos of Oligonite associated with Rhodochrosite

MnCO₃

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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References for OligoniteHide

Reference List:

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

Localities for OligoniteHide

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Locality ListHide

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- This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.

- Good crystals or important locality for species.

- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Czech Republic
Pardubice Region Pardubice District ⓘ Chvaletice	Prachař , I.: Souč asný stav výskytu nerostů ve Chvaleticích. Acta musei Reginaehradecensis, série A: vě dy př írodní, 1981, roč . XVI., s. 99-102.

Hungary
Pest County Szob District ⓘ Nagybörzsöny	Koch: Minerals of Hungary, 1985

Iran
Zanjan Province Zanjan County ⓘ Chomalu deposit	Siani, M. G., Mehrabi, B., Nazarian, M., Lotfi, M., & Corfu, F. (2022). Geology and Genesis of the Chomalu Polymetallic deposit, NW Iran. Ore Geology Reviews, 104763.

Kosovo
Mitrovica District Mitrovica Trepča valley ⓘ Trepča complex	http://www.spathfluor.com/_open/open_us/us_op_mines/us_divtrepca.htm
ⓘ Trepča Stari Trg Mine	Joana Koà Odziejczyk ,Jaroslav Pršek , Halilqela ( 2012) MIneralogical Diversity In Orebodies Within Xth Horizon.At Stan Terg Mine, Kosovo. Buletini i Shkencave Gjeologjike pp84-

Peru
Pasco Pasco Province Simón Bolívar District ⓘ Cerro de Pasco mine (Paragsha mine)	7th Biennial, SGA, Athens, 2003

Poland
Lower Silesian Voivodeship Dzierżoniów County Gmina Niemcza Gilów ⓘ Gilów pegmatite	Pieczka A., Łobos K., Sachanbiński M. 2004: The first occurence of elbaite in Poland. Mineralogia Polonica, vol. 35, 3-14

Portugal
Guarda Sabugal Bendada Bendada Mines ⓘ Fonte da Cal Mine	Pedro Alves collection

Russia
Khabarovsk Krai Malyi Khingan Range ⓘ Malyi Khingan Mn deposits	Varentsov, I.M. (1996): Manganese ores of supergene zone: Geochemistry of formation. Springer (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York), 342 pp.
Magadan Oblast Tenkinsky District Ust-Omchug ⓘ Rodionovskoe gold–quartz deposit	Volkov, A.V., Sidorov, A.A., Murashov, K.Y. et al. (2016): New data on ore geochemistry of the Rodionovskoe gold–quartz deposit, Northeast Russia. Russ. J. of Pac. Geol. 10: 386-394.
Primorsky Krai ⓘ Sinancha Sn deposit	Dobrovol’skaya, M.G., Genkin, A.D., Bortnikov, N.S., and Golovanova, T.I. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(1), 75-85.
Republic of Karelia Pryazhinsky District ⓘ Novye Peski deposit	Ivashchenko, V. I., Bushmin, S. A., Ruchyev, A. M., Kornakov, A. S., Bogomolov, E. S., Savva, E. V., ... & Frolov, P. V. (2018, June). First Evidence of the Archean Age of Orogenic Gold of the Russian Part of the Karelian Craton (Fennoscandian Shield): Sm–Nd Mineral Isochron for Gold-Bearing Metasomatites of the Novye Peski Deposit. In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 480, No. 2, pp. 804-809). Pleiades Publishing.
Sakhalin Oblast Sakhalin Island ⓘ Pugachev mud volcano	Sokol, Ella V., Svetlana N. Kokh, Anna V. Nekipelova, Adam Abersteiner, Yurii V. Seryotkin, Valeriy V. Ershov, Olga A. Nikitenko, and Anna S. Deviatiiarova (2021) "Ge-Hg-Rich Sphalerite and Pb, Sb, As, Hg, and Ag Sulfide Assemblages in Mud Volcanoes of Sakhalin Island, Russia: An Insight into Possible Origin" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1186. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111186
ⓘ South Sakhalin mud volcano	Sokol, Ella V., Svetlana N. Kokh, Anna V. Nekipelova, Adam Abersteiner, Yurii V. Seryotkin, Valeriy V. Ershov, Olga A. Nikitenko, and Anna S. Deviatiiarova (2021) "Ge-Hg-Rich Sphalerite and Pb, Sb, As, Hg, and Ag Sulfide Assemblages in Mud Volcanoes of Sakhalin Island, Russia: An Insight into Possible Origin" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1186. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111186

Slovakia
Banská Bystrica Region Rimavská Sobota District Tisovec ⓘ Magnet hill	Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p
Žarnovica District Hodruša-Hámre ⓘ Hodruša-Hámre mines	Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p
Košice Region Rožňava District ⓘ Dobšiná	Koděra et all.,1990: Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, I-III, 1590p
Prešov Region Prešov District Zlatá Baňa ⓘ Zlatá Baňa deposit	Duda et. all.,1981:Minerály severnej časti Slanských vrchov. Min.Slovca,Monografia 2,Bratislava, 98 p

Ukraine
Crimea Kerch Peninsula Bondarenkovo Village area Bulganak mud volcano field ⓘ Tischenko hill	Sokol, E., Kokh, S., Kozmenko, O., Novikova, S., Khvorov, P., Nigmatulina, E., ... & Kirillov, M. (2018) Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Mud Volcanic Ejecta: A New Look at Old Issues (A Case Study from the Bulganak Field, Northern Black Sea). Minerals, 8(8), 344.

USA
Colorado Lake County ⓘ Leadville	AmMin 19:304

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