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Sericite from
Turkali pluton, İvrindi District, Balikesir Province, Turkey


Locality type:Pluton
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Sericite
Formula:KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sericite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Turkali pluton, İvrindi District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1653055
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1653055:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
2.2km (1.4 miles) ⓘÇatalçam Zn-Pb-Au prospect, Soma District, Manisa Province, Turkey
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘYayladalı deposit, Soma District, Manisa Province, Turkey
33.4km (20.8 miles) ⓘHalılar Cu-Pb (±Zn) mineralization, Havran District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
39.5km (24.6 miles) ⓘTereoba Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Havran District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
64.5km (40.1 miles) ⓘArapuçan deposit (Arapuçandere deposit; Kor Maden), Yenice District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
70.2km (43.6 miles) ⓘTumanpınarı deposit, Bigadiç District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
78.1km (48.5 miles) ⓘHalilaga prospect, Çan District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
79.6km (49.4 miles) ⓘBıçkı Tepe, Yenice District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey
81.2km (50.4 miles) ⓘYolindi Cu-Fe skarn deposit, Gönen District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
81.3km (50.5 miles) ⓘMaden Deresi, Gönen District, Balikesir Province, Turkey
References
Kumral, Mustafa; Kabiru, Mohammed; Aydogan, Mustafa Selman; Kocaturk, Huseyin; Unluer, Ali Tugcan (2022) The Soma polymetallic hydrothermal Pb–Zn-Cu(± Mo ± Ag ± Au) mineralizations in the south of Biga Peninsula, NW Turkey: constraints from mineralogy, geochemistry, and fluid inclusion data. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 15 (12). 1172 doi:10.1007/s12517-022-10412-y
 
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