| Locality type: | Open-Cast Mine |
| Classification |
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| Species: | Pyrope |
| Formula: | Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Diamond | 1 |
| Clinopyroxene Subgroup | 1 |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Pyrope data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Udachnaya open-pit mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe; Udachnaya pipe), Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 640446 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:640446:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 0 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Pyrope |
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| 16.0km (10.0 miles) | ⓘZarnitsa pipe, Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia |
| 41.0km (25.5 miles) | ⓘSytykanskaya pipe, Alakit-Markha, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia |
| 54.3km (33.8 miles) | ⓘKomsomolsky open-pit mine (Komsomol'skaya pipe), Alakit-Markha, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia |
| 68.5km (42.6 miles) | ⓘYubileyny open-pit mine (Yubileinaya pipe; Jubileinaya; Jubilee), Alakit-Markha, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia |
| References |
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Boyd, F. R., Pokhilenko, N. P., Pearson, D. G., Mertzman, S. A., Sobolev, N. V., Finger, L. W. (1997) Composition of the Siberian cratonic mantle: evidence from Udachnaya peridotite xenoliths. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 128 (2) 228-246 doi:10.1007/s004100050305 Mikhailenko, Denis, Golovin, Alexander, Korsakov, Andrey, Aulbach, Sonja, Gerdes, Axel, Ragozin, Alexey (2020) Metasomatic Evolution of Coesite-Bearing Diamondiferous Eclogite from the Udachnaya Kimberlite. Minerals, 10 (4) 383 doi:10.3390/min10040383 |
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