Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia (original) (raw)

ⓘ Aegirine-augite

Formula: (NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(Fe3+eAlfFe2+gMgh)Si2O6

ⓘ Albite

Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)

ⓘ Almandine

Formula: Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Alstonite

Formula: BaCa(CO3)2

ⓘ Amakinite (TL)

Formula: Fe2+(OH)2

Type Locality:

Colour: pale green to yellow-green, but alters rapidly in the air with formation of brown crusts of hydrous ferric oxide.

Description: The mineral was found as thin veins (up to 3 cm) and pockets in fissured kimberlite in a drill core at a depth of 300 m. It is mostly present as irregular grains, rarely as well-formed rhombohedra up to cm in size

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

Formula: A B2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2

ⓘ Andradite

Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Anhydrite

Formula: CaSO4

ⓘ Antigorite

Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

ⓘ 'Apatite'

Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

Description: Microinclusions in cuboid diamonds from the kimberlite pipe (near-solidus carbonatitic melts).

ⓘ Aphthitalite

Formula: (K,Na)3Na(SO4)2

ⓘ Arfvedsonite

Formula: [Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2

ⓘ Barroisite

Formula: ◻{CaNa}{Mg3Al2}(AlSi7O22)(OH)2

Description: Diamond eclogites.

ⓘ Baryte

Formula: BaSO4

ⓘ Bradleyite

Formula: Na3Mg(CO3)(PO4)

ⓘ Brucite

Formula: Mg(OH)2

ⓘ Burkeite

Formula: Na6(CO3)(SO4)2

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities:

Udachnaya open-pit mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe; Udachnaya pipe), Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Zarnitsa pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Zagadochnaya Kimberlite pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia

Description: Inclusions in kimberlite olivine.

References:

Sharygin, V. V., Kamenetsky, V. S., Kamenetskaya, M. B., Seretkin, Y. V., & Pokhilenko, N. P. (2007, August). Rasvumite from the Udachnaya-East Pipe: The first finding in kimberlites. In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 415, No. 2, pp. 929-934). Nauka/Interperiodica.

ⓘ Celestine

Formula: SrSO4

ⓘ Cesanite

Formula: Na3Ca2(SO4)3(OH)

Description: In fluid inclusions

ⓘ Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'

Description: Replaces clinopyroxene.

ⓘ Chloromagnesite

Formula: MgCl2

ⓘ Chondrodite

Formula: Mg5(SiO4)2F2

ⓘ 'Chrome-Kyanite'

Formula: (Al,Cr)2SiO5

Description: Chrome-kyanite with 12.86 per Cr202.

ⓘ 'Chrome-Spinel (of Dana)'

References:

Boyd, F.R., Pokhilenko, N.P., Pearson, D.G., Mertzman, S.A., Sobolev, N.V., and Finger, L.W. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 128, 228-246.

ⓘ Chromite

Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4

Localities:

Dalnaya pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Udachnaya open-pit mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe; Udachnaya pipe), Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Zarnitsa pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Zagadochnaya Kimberlite pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia

References:

Bulanova, G. P., Griffin, W. L., Kaminsky, F. V., Davies, R., Ryan, C. G., Andrew, A. S., ... & Zahkarchenko, O. D. (2000). Diamonds from Zarnitsa and Dalnaya kimberlites (Yakutia): Their nature, growth history, and lithospheric mantle source. EDITED BY ANITA S. ANDREW PHILIP K. SECCOMBE, 21.

ⓘ Chromium

Formula: Cr

Description: The reducing environment of the kimberlite helped to produce elemental chromium and diamonds.

ⓘ Clinohumite

Formula: Mg9(SiO4)4F2

ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

ⓘ Coesite

Formula: SiO2

ⓘ Cohenite

Formula: Fe3C

References:

ⓘ Copper

Formula: Cu

ⓘ Corrensite

Formula: (Mg,Fe)9((Si,Al)8O20)(OH)10 · nH2O

ⓘ Corundum

Formula: Al2O3

Description: Diamond eclogites.

ⓘ Crichtonite

Formula: Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38

ⓘ 'Crichtonite Group'

Formula: AD21O38 or A{DE2G6 J12}O38

ⓘ Cubanite

Formula: CuFe2S3

ⓘ Cuspidine

Formula: Ca8(Si2O7)2F4

ⓘ Diamond

Formula: C

Localities:

Udachnaya open-pit mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe; Udachnaya pipe), Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Dalnaya pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Zarnitsa pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia

Description: Octahedral microdiamonds with additional faces in kimberlite. Diamonds contain nitrogen and hydrogen impurities. Carbon is from mantle origin. (cf. D.A. Zedgenizov et al. , SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL russian geology and geophysics, Vol. 44, № 9 September 2003 ).

References:

Gorshkov, A.I., Vinokurov, S.F., Solodov, D.I., Bershov, L.V., Mokhov, A.V., Solodova, Yu.P., and Sivtsov A.V. (1998) Polycrystalline diamond from the Udachnaya pipe, Yakutia: Mineralogical, geochemical, and genetic characteristics. Lithology and Mineral Resources, 33(6), 525–538.

ⓘ Diopside

Formula: CaMgSi2O6

Localities:

Udachnaya open-pit mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe; Udachnaya pipe), Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Dalnaya pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Zagadochnaya Kimberlite pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia

References:

Boyd, F.R., Pokhilenko, N.P., Pearson, D.G., Mertzman, S.A., Sobolev, N.V., and Finger, L.W. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 128, 228-246.

ⓘ Diopside var. Chromium-bearing Diopside

Formula: Ca(Mg,Cr)Si2O6

Description: Inclusions in kimberlite olivine. K-bearing chrom-diopside. Large kosmochlor content

ⓘ Djerfisherite

Formula: K6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl

Description: Inclusions in kimberlite olivine. In Fe-Ni sulfide globules. Related to a K-metasomatism event.

References:

Anthony, John Williams, Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts. Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson, Arizona.

ⓘ Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

ⓘ Eitelite

Formula: Na2Mg(CO3)2

ⓘ Enstatite

Formula: Mg2Si2O6

References:

Boyd, F.R., Pokhilenko, N.P., Pearson, D.G., Mertzman, S.A., Sobolev, N.V., and Finger, L.W. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 128, 228-246.

ⓘ Eskolaite

Formula: Cr2O3

ⓘ Fayalite

Formula: Fe2+2SiO4

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

References:

ⓘ 'Feldspar Group'

ⓘ Forsterite

Formula: Mg2SiO4

Localities:

References:

ⓘ Freudenbergite

Formula: Na2(Ti,Fe)8O16

ⓘ Freudenbergite var. Ferrous freudenbergite

Formula: Na2(Ti,Fe)8O16

ⓘ Galena

Formula: PbS

ⓘ 'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

ⓘ Gaylussite

Formula: Na2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O

ⓘ Geikielite

Formula: MgTiO3

ⓘ 'Glass'

Description: Microinclusions in cuboid diamonds from the kimberlite pipe (near-solidus carbonatitic melts).

ⓘ Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

ⓘ Görgeyite

Formula: K2Ca5(SO4)6 · H2O

ⓘ Graphite

Formula: C

Localities:

Description: Microinclusions in cuboid diamonds; flakes to 5 mm in spinel peridotites.

References:

Романенко, А. В., Алифирова, Т. А., Михайленко, Д. С., Головин, А. В., Корсаков, А. В., & Охфуджи, Х. ПРОИСХОЖДЕНИЕ МУАССАНИТА В ГРАФИТСОДЕРЖАЩЕМ ОРТОПИРОКСЕНИТЕ ИЗ КИМБЕРЛИТОВОЙ ТРУБКИ УДАЧНАЯ. Сопредседатели оргкомитета, 497. (Origin of Moissanite in Graphite-bearing Orthopyroxenite from Udachnaya Kimberlite )

Boyd, F.R., Pokhilenko, N.P., Pearson, D.G., Mertzman, S.A., Sobolev, N.V., and Finger, L.W. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 128, 228-246.

ⓘ Grossular

Formula: Ca3Al2(SiO4)3

Description: Diamond eclogites.

ⓘ 'Grossular-Pyrope Series'

ⓘ Gypsum

Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O

References:

Mikhailenko, D.S., Korsakov, A.V., Rashchenko, S.V., Seryotkin, Y.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., Golovin, A.V. (2018): Kuliginite, a new hydroxychloride mineral from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe, Yakutia: Implications for low-temperature hydrothermal alteration of the kimberlites. American Mineralogist, 103: 1435–1444

ⓘ Halite

Formula: NaCl

Description: Inclusions in kimberlite olivine. Associated with sylvite and sulphates.

ⓘ Hanswilkeite

Formula: KFeS2

ⓘ Hastingsite

Formula: NaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2

ⓘ Hawthorneite

Formula: BaMgTi3Cr4Fe2+2Fe3+2O19

ⓘ Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

ⓘ Hercynite

Formula: Fe2+Al2O4

ⓘ Hercynite var. Picotite

Formula: (Fe,Mg)(Al,Cr)2O4

ⓘ Hibbingite

Formula: Fe2+2(OH)3Cl

ⓘ Humite

Formula: Mg7(SiO4)3F2

ⓘ Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

Localities:

Udachnaya open-pit mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe; Udachnaya pipe), Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Zarnitsa pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Dalnaya pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia

References:

Boyd, F.R., Pokhilenko, N.P., Pearson, D.G., Mertzman, S.A., Sobolev, N.V., and Finger, L.W. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 128, 228-246.

Ashchepkov, Igor, Alla Logvinova, Zdislav Spetsius, Hilary Downes, Theodoros Ntaflos, Alexandr Ivanov, Vladimir Zinchenko, Sergey Kostrovitsky, and Yury Ovchinnikov. (2022) "Eclogite Varieties and Their Positions in the Cratonic Mantle Lithosphere beneath Siberian Craton and Archean Cratons Worldwide" Minerals 12, no. 11: 1353. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12111353

ⓘ Ilmenite var. Picroilmenite

Formula: (Fe2+,Mg)TiO3

ⓘ 'Ilmenite Group'

ⓘ Iowaite

Formula: Mg6Fe3+2(OH)16Cl2 · 4H2O

Formula: Fe

Formula: Na3(SO4)F

ⓘ Kuliginite (TL)

Formula: Fe3Mg(OH)6Cl2

Type Locality:

ⓘ Kyanite

Formula: Al2(SiO4)O

Description: In grospydite.

References:

ⓘ Langbeinite

Formula: K2Mg2(SO4)3

ⓘ Lizardite

Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

ⓘ Mackinawite

Formula: FeS

ⓘ Maghemite

Formula: (Fe3+0.67◻0.33)Fe3+2O4

ⓘ Magnesio-arfvedsonite

Formula: {Na}{Na2}{Mg4Fe3+}(Si8O22)(OH)2

ⓘ Magnesiochromite

Formula: MgCr2O4

ⓘ Magnesio-hastingsite

Formula: NaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2

ⓘ Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

ⓘ Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4

ⓘ Magnetoplumbite

Formula: (Pb,Mn)(Fe,Mn)12O19

ⓘ 'Magnetoplumbite Group'

Formula: M12O19

ⓘ Moissanite

Formula: SiC

ⓘ Monticellite

Formula: CaMgSiO4

ⓘ Nepheline

Formula: Na3K(Al4Si4O16)

ⓘ Norsethite ?

Formula: BaMg(CO3)2

ⓘ Northupite

Formula: Na3Mg(CO3)2Cl

ⓘ Nyerereite

Formula: Na2Ca(CO3)2

ⓘ Olekminskite

Formula: Sr(Sr,Ca,Ba)(CO3)2

ⓘ 'Olivine Group'

Formula: M2SiO4

ⓘ Omphacite

Formula: (NaaCabFe2+cMgd)(AleFe3+fFe2+gMgh)Si2O6

Description: Diamond eclogites.

ⓘ 'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'

ⓘ Paralstonite

Formula: BaCa(CO3)2

ⓘ Pentlandite

Formula: (NixFey)Σ9S8

Localities:

Udachnaya open-pit mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe; Udachnaya pipe), Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Zarnitsa pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia
Dalnaya pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia

Description: Lamellar exsolution intergrowths. Associated with pyrrhotite/troilite.

ⓘ Periclase

Formula: MgO

Description: Fe-bearing periclase. Inclusions in microdiamonds.

ⓘ Perovskite

Formula: CaTiO3

References:

Boyd, F.R., Pokhilenko, N.P., Pearson, D.G., Mertzman, S.A., Sobolev, N.V., and Finger, L.W. (1997): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 128, 228-246.

ⓘ 'Petroleum'

ⓘ 'Petroleum var. Bitumen'

ⓘ Phlogopite

Formula: KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Description: Inclusions in kimberlite olivine.

References:

ⓘ Pirssonite

Formula: Na2Ca(CO3)2 · 2H2O

ⓘ 'Potassic-ferri-katophorite'

Formula: K(CaNa)(Mg4Fe3+)(AlSi7O22)(OH)2

ⓘ 'Potassic-ferri-taramite'

Formula: K(CaNa)(Mg3Fe3+2)(Al2Si6O22)(OH)

Description: Rezvukhin et al. (2020) lists potassic-ferri-taramite and magnesio-hastingisite as the Al rich amphiboles in intergranular spaces in the studied orthopyroxenite. They do not provide any analytical data.

ⓘ Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite

Formula: [K][Na2][Mg4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2

ⓘ Potassic-richterite

Formula: {K}{CaNa}{Mg5}Si8O22(OH)2

ⓘ Priderite

Formula: K(Ti4+7Fe3+)O16

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

ⓘ Pyrope

Formula: Mg3Al2(SiO4)3

Localities:

References: