Predictive Mineralogy
Possible unrecorded species at Xenolith no. 1, 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% | Afwillite (78.72 %), Bultfonteinite (70.83 %), Cuspidine (71.76 %), Hillebrandite (68.18 %), Hydrocalumite (78.38 %), Hydroxylellestadite (62.07 %), Jennite (83.33 %), Kerimasite (50.00 %), Killalaite (71.43 %), Larnite (60.00 %), Perovskite (58.08 %), Srebrodolskite (50.00 %), Wadalite (57.14 %) |
Wollastonite | Ca3(Si3O9) | 99.66% | Afwillite (51.06 %), Cuspidine (67.06 %), Hillebrandite (50.00 %), Hydroxylellestadite (55.17 %), Jennite (54.17 %), Larnite (60.00 %), Wadalite (50.00 %) |
Spurrite | Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3) | 99.18% | Afwillite (51.06 %), Hillebrandite (50.00 %), Killalaite (57.14 %), Kumtyubeite (66.67 %), Lakargiite (53.33 %), Wadalite (50.00 %) |
Ettringite | Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 · 26H2O | 98.44% | Afwillite (61.70 %), Hydrocalumite (72.97 %), Jennite (62.50 %), Lakargiite (60.00 %) |
Magnetite | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 98.26% | Cuspidine (56.47 %), Hillebrandite (50.00 %), Kerimasite (50.00 %), Larnite (51.67 %), Perovskite (67.07 %) |
Magnesioferrite | MgFe3+2O4 | 96.07% | Rondorfite (55.56 %), Rusinovite (80.00 %), Srebrodolskite (55.88 %) |
Andradite | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 94.11% | Cuspidine (52.94 %), Hillebrandite (50.00 %), Jennite (50.00 %), Kerimasite (50.00 %) |
Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 | 89.98% | Bultfonteinite (54.17 %), Cuspidine (54.12 %), Perovskite (52.40 %) |
Quartz | SiO2 | 84.43% | Fluorite (66.12 %), Hydrocalumite (54.05 %) |
Tobermorite | Ca4Si6O17(H2O)2 · (Ca · 3H2O) | 83.24% | Afwillite (55.32 %), Jennite (62.50 %) |
Periclase | MgO | 78.03% | Lakargiite (53.33 %), Srebrodolskite (52.94 %) |
Hematite | Fe2O3 | 76.47% | Jennite (50.00 %), Srebrodolskite (52.94 %) |
Thaumasite | Ca3(SO4)[Si(OH)6](CO3) · 12H2O | 62.50% | Jennite (62.50 %) |
Fluorellestadite | Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F | 55.55% | Rondorfite (55.56 %) |
Reinhardbraunsite | Ca5(SiO4)2(OH,F)2 | 55.55% | Rondorfite (55.56 %) |
Vesuvianite | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(◻4)◻[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 | 54.54% | Hillebrandite (54.55 %) |
Gypsum | CaSO4 · 2H2O | 54.05% | Hydrocalumite (54.05 %) |
Aragonite | CaCO3 | 51.35% | Hydrocalumite (51.35 %) |
Gehlenite | Ca2Al[AlSiO7] | 50.00% | Hillebrandite (50.00 %) |
Fluorapatite | Ca5(PO4)3F | 50.00% | Jennite (50.00 %) |
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.