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Kaolinite from
Tunca Deposit, Tunca Camp, Ardeşen District, Rize Province, Turkey


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tunca Deposit, Tunca Camp, Ardeşen District, Rize Province, Turkey
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1373779
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1373779:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘGüneşli Deposit, Hopa Camp, Hopa District, Artvin Province, Turkey
31.7km (19.7 miles) ⓘÇayeli Deposit, Çayeli Camp, Çayeli District, Rize Province, Turkey
32.1km (20.0 miles) ⓘMadenköy Mine, Çayeli District, Rize Province, Turkey
32.3km (20.1 miles) ⓘSivrikaya Deposit, Hopa Camp, Hopa District, Artvin Province, Turkey
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘPeronit Deposit, Hopa Camp, Hopa District, Artvin Province, Turkey
35.3km (22.0 miles) ⓘPınarlı Deposit, Hopa Camp, Hopa District, Artvin Province, Turkey
40.4km (25.1 miles) ⓘCakmakkaya Mine, Murgul Cu-Zn-Pb deposit (Murgul copper deposit), Murgul Camp, Murgul District, Artvin Province, Turkey
41.6km (25.8 miles) ⓘEsendal Deposit, Balcılı Camp, Yusufeli District, Artvin Province, Turkey
50.3km (31.2 miles) ⓘÇevreli deposit, Yusufeli Camp, Yusufeli District, Artvin Province, Turkey
54.6km (33.9 miles) ⓘKılıçkaya South deposit, Yusufeli Camp, Yusufeli District, Artvin Province, Turkey
References
Revan, M. K., Hisatani, K., Miyamoto, H., Delibaş, O., Hanilçi, N., Aysal, N., ... & Peytcheva, I. (2017) Geology, U-Pb geochronology, and stable isotope geochemistry of the Tunca semi-massive sulfide mineralization, Black Sea region, NE Turkey: Implications for ore genesis. Ore Geology Reviews, 89, 369-389.
 
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