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Illite from
Bostancı Deposit, Balcılı Camp, Yusufeli District, Artvin Province, Turkey


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Illite
Formula:K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Illite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bostancı Deposit, Balcılı Camp, Yusufeli District, Artvin Province, Turkey
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1640987
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1640987:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Illite
3.5km (2.2 miles) ⓘEsendal Deposit, Balcılı Camp, Yusufeli District, Artvin Province, Turkey
8.9km (5.6 miles) ⓘBörekli Deposit, Balcılı Camp, Yusufeli District, Artvin Province, Turkey
22.6km (14.1 miles) ⓘÇevreli deposit, Yusufeli Camp, Yusufeli District, Artvin Province, Turkey
25.1km (15.6 miles) ⓘKılıçkaya South deposit, Yusufeli Camp, Yusufeli District, Artvin Province, Turkey
30.6km (19.0 miles) ⓘCerrattepe deposit, Cerrateppe Camp, Artvin District, Artvin Province, Turkey
33.0km (20.5 miles) ⓘMurgul Cu-Zn-Pb deposit (Murgul copper deposit), Murgul Camp, Murgul District, Artvin Province, Turkey
38.8km (24.1 miles) ⓘTunca Deposit, Tunca Camp, Ardeşen District, Rize Province, Turkey
39.6km (24.6 miles) ⓘGümüşhane Cu-Au deposit, Ardanuç District, Artvin Province, Turkey
46.4km (28.8 miles) ⓘBerta Cu deposit, Ardanuç District, Artvin Province, Turkey
65.3km (40.6 miles) ⓘMadenköy Mine, Çayeli District, Rize Province, Turkey
References
Rabayrol, Fabien, Wainwright, Alan J., Lee, Robert G., Hart, Craig J.R., Creaser, Robert A., Camacho, Alfredo (2023) District-Scale VMS to Porphyry-Epithermal Transitions in Subduction to Postcollisional Tectonic Environments: The Artvin Au-Cu District and the Hod Gold Corridor, Eastern Pontides Belt, Turkey. Economic Geology, 118 (4) 801-822 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4983
 
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