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Molybdenite from
Kabeliai prospect, Varena Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:1496 Ma
Minimum recorded age:1471 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
11490 to 1480 MaCalymmian - Re-Os
21496 to 1484 MaCalymmian - Re-Os
31487 to 1471 MaCalymmian - Re-Os
Sample references:
1 -
Han C, Xiao W, Zhao G, Sun M, Qu W, Du A (2014): Re-Os geochronology on molybdenites from the Donggebi Mo Deposit in the Eastern Tianshan of the Central Asia Orogenic Belt and its geological significance. Resource Geology 64 (2) 136-148.
2 -
Stein, H. J., Sundblad, K., Markey, R. J., Morgan, J. W., Motuza, G. (1998) Re-Os ages for Archean molybdenite and pyrite, Kuittila-Kivisuo, Finland and Proterozoic molybdenite, Kabeliai, Lithuania: testing the chronometer in a metamorphic and metasomatic setting. Mineralium Deposita, 33 (4) 329-345 doi:10.1007/s001260050153
3 -
Stein, H. J., Sundblad, K., Markey, R. J., Morgan, J. W., Motuza, G. (1998) Re-Os ages for Archean molybdenite and pyrite, Kuittila-Kivisuo, Finland and Proterozoic molybdenite, Kabeliai, Lithuania: testing the chronometer in a metamorphic and metasomatic setting. Mineralium Deposita, 33 (4) 329-345 doi:10.1007/s001260050153
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kabeliai prospect, Varena Municipality, Alytus County, Lithuania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:604693
Long-form Identifier:1:3:604693:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
References
Stein, H. J., Sundblad, K., Markey, R. J., Morgan, J. W., Motuza, G. (1998) Re-Os ages for Archean molybdenite and pyrite, Kuittila-Kivisuo, Finland and Proterozoic molybdenite, Kabeliai, Lithuania: testing the chronometer in a metamorphic and metasomatic setting. Mineralium Deposita, 33 (4) 329-345 doi:10.1007/s001260050153
 
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