Altai Republic, Russia (original) (raw)

Acanthite

Formula: Ag2S

Actinolite

Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2

Aikinite

Formula: PbCuBiS3

Aktashite (TL)

Formula: Cu6Hg3As4S12

Type Locality:

Description: occurs mainly as xenomorphic grains, rarely in crystals resembling trigonal pyramids. Maximum crystal size is 0.2 mm.

References:

Vasil’ev, V. I., Pervukhina, N. V., Borisov, S. V., Magarill, S. A., Naumov, D. Yu., Kurat’eva, N. V. (2010) Aktashite Cu6Hg3As4S12 from the Aktash deposit, Altai, Russia: Refinement and crystal chemical analysis of the structure. Geology of Ore Deposits, 52 (7) 656-661 doi:10.1134/s1075701510070184

'Alaskaite'

Allophane

Formula: (Al2O3)(SiO2)1.3-2 · 2.5-3H2O

Alunite

Formula: KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6

Andradite

Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3

Ankerite

Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Antimony

Formula: Sb

'Apatite'

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

Aragonite

Formula: CaCO3

Arsenopyrite

Formula: FeAsS

Localities:

Ozernoe Ag-Pb-Sb deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Yustid Sn-W occurrence, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Pogranichnoe Ag-Sb deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Chagan-Gol Ag-Pb occurrence, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Ribny Log - 2, Topolninsk ore field, Altai Republic, Russia

Azurite

Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2

Baryte

Formula: BaSO4

Localities:

Djilkydal Cu-Ag-Hg-Sb deposit (Dzhilkydal), Altai Republic, Russia
Otsalar Cu-Ag-Sb-Hg deposit, Altai Republic, Russia
Artemiev deposits, Ongudaysky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Prozrachnoe Mn deposit, Ust-Koksinsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia

Beryl

Formula: Be3Al2(Si6O18)

'Biotite'

Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2

Bismite

Formula: Bi2O3

Bismuth

Formula: Bi

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Bismuthinite

Formula: Bi2S3

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

'Bismuthinite-Stibnite Series'

'Bismuthinite-Stibnite Series var. Horobetsuite'

Formula: (Bi,Sb)2S3 to (Sb,Bi)2S3

Bismutite

Formula: (BiO)2CO3

Bismutite var. Hydrobismutite

Formula: (BiO)2CO3 · 2-3H2O

Bornite

Formula: Cu5FeS4

Localities:

Kalgutinskoye W-Mo deposit (Kalguty), Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Topolninsk ore field, Altai Republic, Russia
Oyum granitic stock, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Sinyukhinskoye deposit, Altai Republic, Russia

Boulangerite

Formula: Pb5Sb4S11

Bournonite

Formula: PbCuSbS3

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Bowieite

Formula: Rh2S3

References:

Nesterenko, Gleb V., Zhmodik, Sergey M., Belyanin, Dmitriy K., Airiyants, Evgeniya V., Karmanov, Nikolay S. (2019) Micrometric Inclusions in Platinum-Group Minerals from Gornaya Shoria, Southern Siberia, Russia: Problems and Genetic Significance. Minerals, 9 (5) 327 doi:10.3390/min9050327

Braunite

Formula: Mn2+Mn3+6(SiO4)O8

Calcite

Formula: CaCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Cassiterite

Formula: SnO2

Chalcocite

Formula: Cu2S

Chalcopyrite

Formula: CuFeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 14 localities in this region.

Chalcostibite

Formula: CuSbS2

Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

'Chlorite Group'

Localities:

Ozernoe Ag-Pb-Sb deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Pogranichnoe Ag-Sb deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Sinyukhinskoye deposit, Altai Republic, Russia
Ribny Log - 2, Topolninsk ore field, Altai Republic, Russia

Chromite

Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4

'Chromite-Magnesiochromite Series'

Cinnabar

Formula: HgS

Localities:

Djilkydal Cu-Ag-Hg-Sb deposit (Dzhilkydal), Altai Republic, Russia
Aktashskoye Sb-Hg deposit, Ulagansky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Otsalar Cu-Ag-Sb-Hg deposit, Altai Republic, Russia
Kuraiskoe Sb-Hg deposit, Kuray, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Chagan-Uzun Sb-Hg deposit, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia

'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

Cobaltite

Formula: CoAsS

'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series'

References:

Seltmann, R., Soloviev, S., Shatov, V., Pirajno, F., Naumov, E., Cherkasov, S. (2010) Metallogeny of Siberia: tectonic, geologic and metallogenic settings of selected significant deposits. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 57 (6). 655-706 doi:10.1080/08120099.2010.505277

Cooperite

Formula: PtS

References:

Nesterenko, Gleb V., Zhmodik, Sergey M., Belyanin, Dmitriy K., Airiyants, Evgeniya V., Karmanov, Nikolay S. (2019) Micrometric Inclusions in Platinum-Group Minerals from Gornaya Shoria, Southern Siberia, Russia: Problems and Genetic Significance. Minerals, 9 (5) 327 doi:10.3390/min9050327

Copper

Formula: Cu

Covellite

Formula: CuS

Cryptomelane

Formula: K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16

Cubanite

Formula: CuFe2S3

Cuprite

Formula: Cu2O

Cuprobismutite

Formula: Cu8AgBi13S24

Diaspore

Formula: AlO(OH)

Dickite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Dolomite

Formula: CaMg(CO3)2

Localities:

Djilkydal Cu-Ag-Hg-Sb deposit (Dzhilkydal), Altai Republic, Russia
Aktashskoye Sb-Hg deposit, Ulagansky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Kuraiskoe Sb-Hg deposit, Kuray, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Chagan-Uzun Sb-Hg deposit, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia

Emplectite

Formula: CuBiS2

Enargite

Formula: Cu3AsS4

Epidote

Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

'Feldspar Group'

Fluorite

Formula: CaF2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

'Freibergite Subgroup'

Formula: (Ag6,[Ag6]4+)(Cu4 C2+2)Sb4S12S0-1

Localities:

Ozernoe Ag-Pb-Sb deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Pogranichnoe Ag-Sb deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Chagan-Gol Ag-Pb occurrence, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia

Galena

Formula: PbS

Localities: Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.

Galenobismutite

Formula: PbBi2S4

'Garnet Group'

Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3

Gersdorffite

Formula: NiAsS

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Gibbsite

Formula: Al(OH)3

Gladite

Formula: PbCuBi5S9

Goethite

Formula: α-Fe3+O(OH)

Gold

Formula: Au

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Graphite

Formula: C

Gudmundite

Formula: FeSbS

Halloysite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Heazlewoodite

Formula: Ni3S2

Hematite

Formula: Fe2O3

Hübnerite

Formula: MnWO4

'Hydrogoethite'

Formula: 3Fe2O3 · 4H2O

Hydromagnesite

Formula: Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2 · 4H2O

Ilmenite

Formula: Fe2+TiO3

Iowaite

Formula: Mg6Fe3+2(OH)16Cl2 · 4H2O

Iowaite var. Chromium-bearing Iowaite

Formula: Mg6(Fe3+,Cr3+)2(OH)16Cl2 · 4H2O

Isoferroplatinum

Formula: Pt3Fe

References:

Nesterenko, Gleb V., Zhmodik, Sergey M., Belyanin, Dmitriy K., Airiyants, Evgeniya V., Karmanov, Nikolay S. (2019) Micrometric Inclusions in Platinum-Group Minerals from Gornaya Shoria, Southern Siberia, Russia: Problems and Genetic Significance. Minerals, 9 (5) 327 doi:10.3390/min9050327

Jamesonite

Formula: Pb4FeSb6S14

Localities:

Kalgutinskoye W-Mo deposit (Kalguty), Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Kara-Oyuk Ag-Pb-Sb deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Chagan-Gol Ag-Pb occurrence, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia

Joséite-A

Formula: Bi4TeS2

Kaolinite

Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

Localities:

Aktashskoye Sb-Hg deposit, Ulagansky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Kuraiskoe Sb-Hg deposit, Kuray, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Chagan-Uzun Sb-Hg deposit, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia

Kaznakhtite (TL)

Formula: Ni6Co3+2(CO3)(OH)16 · 4H2O

Type Locality:

References:

Williams, P. A., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2014) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC), CNMNC Newsletter No. 22. Mineralogical Magazine, 78 (5) 1241-1248 doi:10.1180/minmag.2014.078.5.10

Kasatkin, Anatoly V., Britvin, Sergey N., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Chukanov, Nikita V., Škoda, Radek, Göttlicher, Jörg, Belakovskiy, Dmitry I., Pekov, Igor V., Levitskiy, Victor V. (2022) Kaznakhtite, Ni6Co3+2(CO3)(OH)16⋅4H2O, a new natural layered double hydroxide, the member of the hydrotalcite supergroup. Mineralogical Magazine, 86 (5) 841-848 doi:10.1180/mgm.2022.65

'Limonite'

Lindströmite

Formula: Pb3Cu3Bi7S15

'Lithian Muscovite'

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Löllingite

Formula: FeAs2

Luzonite

Formula: Cu3AsS4

Magnetite

Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4

Malachite

Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

Manganiakasakaite-(La)

Formula: (CaLa)(Mn3+AlMn2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Description: See http://www.mindat.org/photo-109686.html for ED spectra.

Marcasite

Formula: FeS2

Localities:

Ozernoe Ag-Pb-Sb deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Chagan-Gol Ag-Pb occurrence, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Kara-Oyuk Ag-Pb-Sb deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Pogranichnoe Ag-Sb deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia

Metacinnabar

Formula: HgS

Localities:

Aktashskoye Sb-Hg deposit, Ulagansky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Kuraiskoe Sb-Hg deposit, Kuray, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Chagan-Uzun Sb-Hg deposit, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia

Microcline

Formula: K(AlSi3O8)

Molybdenite

Formula: MoS2

Molybdite

Formula: MoO3

'Monazite Group'

Formula: REE(PO4)

Muscovite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Muscovite var. Sericite

Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Orpiment

Formula: As2S3

Localities:

Aktashskoye Sb-Hg deposit, Ulagansky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Kuraiskoe Sb-Hg deposit, Kuray, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Chagan-Uzun Sb-Hg deposit, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia

Osmium

Formula: (Os,Ir,Ru)

References:

Nesterenko, Gleb V., Zhmodik, Sergey M., Belyanin, Dmitriy K., Airiyants, Evgeniya V., Karmanov, Nikolay S. (2019) Micrometric Inclusions in Platinum-Group Minerals from Gornaya Shoria, Southern Siberia, Russia: Problems and Genetic Significance. Minerals, 9 (5) 327 doi:10.3390/min9050327

Pavonite

Formula: AgBi3S5

Petzite

Formula: Ag3AuTe2

Picropharmacolite

Formula: Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 11H2O

'Plagioclase'

Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8

Platinum

Formula: Pt

References:

Nesterenko, Gleb V., Zhmodik, Sergey M., Belyanin, Dmitriy K., Airiyants, Evgeniya V., Karmanov, Nikolay S. (2019) Micrometric Inclusions in Platinum-Group Minerals from Gornaya Shoria, Southern Siberia, Russia: Problems and Genetic Significance. Minerals, 9 (5) 327 doi:10.3390/min9050327

Powellite

Formula: Ca(MoO4)

'Psilomelane'

Pyrite

Formula: FeS2

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

Pyrite var. Bravoite

Formula: (Fe,Ni)S2

Pyroaurite

Formula: Mg6Fe3+2(OH)16[CO3] · 4H2O

References:

Zhitova, E. S., Pekov, I. V., Chukanov, N. V., Yapaskurt, V. O., Bocharov, V. N. (2020) MINERALS OF THE SYSTEM STICHTITE-PYROAURITE-IOWAITE-WOODALLITE FROM SERPENTINITES OF THE TEREKTA RIDGE (Gorny Altai, Russia). Russian Geology and Geophysics 1, Publishing House SB RAS. doi:10.15372/rgg2019076

Pyrophanite

Formula: Mn2+TiO3

'Pyroxene Group'

Formula: ADSi2O6

Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe1-xS

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Quartz

Formula: SiO2

Localities: Reported from at least 15 localities in this region.

Ranciéite

Formula: (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2 · 0.6H2O

Realgar

Formula: As4S4

Localities:

Aktashskoye Sb-Hg deposit, Ulagansky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Kuraiskoe Sb-Hg deposit, Kuray, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Chagan-Uzun Sb-Hg deposit, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia

Romanèchite

Formula: (Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10

Rutile

Formula: TiO2

Scheelite

Formula: Ca(WO4)

Localities:

Yustid Sn-W occurrence, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Karakul’skoe deposit, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Kalgutinskoye W-Mo deposit (Kalguty), Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia

Scheelite var. Molybdoscheelite

Formula: Ca(WO4)

Semseyite

Formula: Pb9Sb8S21

'Serpentine Subgroup'

Formula: D3[Si2O5](OH)4

Localities:

Kaznakhtite type locality, Kaznakhtinskii ultrabasic massif, Kyzyl-Uyuk locality, Terekta Ridge, Ust-Koksinsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Kaznakhtinskii ultrabasic massif, Kyzyl-Uyuk locality, Terekta Ridge, Ust-Koksinsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Terektinsky ridge, Altai Republic, Russia

Siderite

Formula: FeCO3

Localities: Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.

Silicon

Formula: Si

Silver

Formula: Ag

Silver var. Kongsbergite

Formula: (Ag,Hg)

Sperrylite

Formula: PtAs2

References:

Nesterenko, Gleb V., Zhmodik, Sergey M., Belyanin, Dmitriy K., Airiyants, Evgeniya V., Karmanov, Nikolay S. (2019) Micrometric Inclusions in Platinum-Group Minerals from Gornaya Shoria, Southern Siberia, Russia: Problems and Genetic Significance. Minerals, 9 (5) 327 doi:10.3390/min9050327

Sperrylite var. Platarsite

Formula: Pt(As,S)2

References:

Nesterenko, Gleb V., Zhmodik, Sergey M., Belyanin, Dmitriy K., Airiyants, Evgeniya V., Karmanov, Nikolay S. (2019) Micrometric Inclusions in Platinum-Group Minerals from Gornaya Shoria, Southern Siberia, Russia: Problems and Genetic Significance. Minerals, 9 (5) 327 doi:10.3390/min9050327

Spessartine

Formula: Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3

Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS

Localities: Reported from at least 13 localities in this region.

Spodumene

Formula: LiAlSi2O6

References:

Seltmann, R., Soloviev, S., Shatov, V., Pirajno, F., Naumov, E., Cherkasov, S. (2010) Metallogeny of Siberia: tectonic, geologic and metallogenic settings of selected significant deposits. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 57 (6). 655-706 doi:10.1080/08120099.2010.505277

Stannite

Formula: Cu2FeSnS4

Stibnite

Formula: Sb2S3

Localities: Reported from at least 6 localities in this region.

Stichtite

Formula: Mg6Cr3+2(OH)16[CO3] · 4H2O

Localities:

Kaznakhtite type locality, Kaznakhtinskii ultrabasic massif, Kyzyl-Uyuk locality, Terekta Ridge, Ust-Koksinsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Kaznakhtinskii ultrabasic massif, Kyzyl-Uyuk locality, Terekta Ridge, Ust-Koksinsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Kyzyl-Uyuk locality, Terekta Ridge, Ust-Koksinsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Terektinsky ridge, Altai Republic, Russia

'Tantalite'

Formula: (Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6

References:

Seltmann, R., Soloviev, S., Shatov, V., Pirajno, F., Naumov, E., Cherkasov, S. (2010) Metallogeny of Siberia: tectonic, geologic and metallogenic settings of selected significant deposits. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 57 (6). 655-706 doi:10.1080/08120099.2010.505277

Tellurobismuthite

Formula: Bi2Te3

'Tennantite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S

'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'

Localities:

Aktashskoye Sb-Hg deposit, Ulagansky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Kuraiskoe Sb-Hg deposit, Kuray, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Artemiev deposits, Ongudaysky District, Altai Republic, Russia
Chagan-Uzun Sb-Hg deposit, Kosh-Agachsky District, Altai Republic, Russia

Tetradymite

Formula: Bi2Te2S

'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S

Localities: Reported from at least 8 localities in this region.

Tilasite

Formula: CaMg(AsO4)F

Topaz

Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2

'Tourmaline'

Formula: A D3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z

Tungstite

Formula: WO3 · H2O

Tvalchrelidzeite

Formula: Hg3SbAsS3

'Unnamed (Mn3+-analogue of Ferriakasakaite-(Ce))'

Formula: (CaCe)(Mn3+AlMn2+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)

Vladimirite (TL)

Formula: Ca4(AsO4)2(AsO3OH) · 4H2O

Type Locality:

'Wolframite Group'

Wollastonite

Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)

Woodallite

Formula: Mg6Cr2(OH)16Cl2 · 4H2O

References:

Zhitova, E. S., Pekov, I. V., Chukanov, N. V., Yapaskurt, V. O., Bocharov, V. N. (2020) MINERALS OF THE SYSTEM STICHTITE-PYROAURITE-IOWAITE-WOODALLITE FROM SERPENTINITES OF THE TEREKTA RIDGE (Gorny Altai, Russia). Russian Geology and Geophysics 1, Publishing House SB RAS. doi:10.15372/rgg2019076

Zinkenite

Formula: Pb9Sb22S42

Localities:

Ozernoe Ag-Pb-Sb deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Pogranichnoe Ag-Sb deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Chagan-Gol Ag-Pb occurrence, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia
Kara-Oyuk Ag-Pb-Sb deposit, Asgat-Ozernoe zone, Yustid ore cluster, Altai Republic, Russia