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NW slope, Shadil-Khokh volcano, Kel’ volcanic area, Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, South Ossetia, Georgiai
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NW slopeSlope
Shadil-Khokh volcanoVolcano
Kel’ volcanic areaVolcanic Field
Greater Caucasus Mountain RangeMountain Range
South OssetiaDisputed Territory
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Gazeevite, etc.

NW slope, Shadil-Khokh volcano, Kel’ volcanic area, Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, South Ossetia, Georgia
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Chlorellestadite, etc.

NW slope, Shadil-Khokh volcano, Kel’ volcanic area, Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, South Ossetia, Georgia
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Chlorellestadite

NW slope, Shadil-Khokh volcano, Kel’ volcanic area, Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, South Ossetia, Georgia
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Gazeevite, etc.

NW slope, Shadil-Khokh volcano, Kel’ volcanic area, Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, South Ossetia, Georgia
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Chlorellestadite, etc.

NW slope, Shadil-Khokh volcano, Kel’ volcanic area, Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, South Ossetia, Georgia
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Chlorellestadite

NW slope, Shadil-Khokh volcano, Kel’ volcanic area, Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, South Ossetia, Georgia
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Gazeevite, etc.

NW slope, Shadil-Khokh volcano, Kel’ volcanic area, Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, South Ossetia, Georgia
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Chlorellestadite, etc.

NW slope, Shadil-Khokh volcano, Kel’ volcanic area, Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, South Ossetia, Georgia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 32' 32'' North , 44° 17' 50'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
42.54250,44.29750
GRN:
N29E24
Type:
Slope
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Gudauri10,000 (2017)16.3km
Sioni777 (2017)24.6km
Gergeti250 (2017)30.3km
Step’antsminda2,628 (2016)31.0km
Verkhniy Fiagdon1,102 (2018)32.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
266445
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:266445:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Southern Ossetia, Shida Kartli Region, Georgia


A large altered xenolith of carbonate-silicate rock, more than 2 m in size, was found in plagiodacite lava. The xenolith contains in its central part a brown-grey fine-layered marble surrounded by a light grey, more compact, fine-grained skarnoid aggregate, formed of submillimetric minerals hardly identifiable at sight. Darker and coarse-grained "stripes" up to 1-1.5 cm, with rare oval inclusions (to 2x3 mm) of yellow semitransparent rondorfite, are visible in some skarnoid parts. The skarnoid area is 10-20 cm thick. Most of the xenolith surface is covered with lava fragments.

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26 valid minerals. 2 (TL) - type locality of valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
ⓘ 'Albovite'
Formula: Ca2(SiO4) · CaCl2
ⓘ Andradite
Formula: Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
ⓘ 'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
ⓘ Bredigite
Formula: Ca7Mg(SiO4)4
References:
Galuskina, Irina O., Krüger, Biljana, Galuskin, Evgeny V., Armbruster, Thomas, Gazeev, Viktor M., Włodyka, Roman, Dulski, Mateusz, Dzierżanowski, Piotr (2015) Fluorchegemite, Ca7(SiO4)3F2, a new mineral from the edgrewite-bearing endoskarn zone of an altered xenolith in ignimbrites from upper Chegem caldera, Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia: occurrence, crystal structure, and new data on the mineral assemblages. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (2) 325-344 doi:10.3749/canmin.1400084
Środek, Dorota, Juroszek, Rafał, Krüger, Hannes, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Gazeev, Viktor (2018) New Occurrence of Rusinovite, Ca10(Si2O7)3Cl2: Composition, Structure and Raman Data of Rusinovite from Shadil-Khokh Volcano, South Ossetia and Bellerberg Volcano, Germany. Minerals, 8 (9) 399 doi:10.3390/min8090399
ⓘ Chlorellestadite (TL)
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl
Type Locality:
References:
Hålenius, U., Hatert, F., Pasero, M., Mills, S. J. (2017) New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2017, CNMNC Newsletter No 37. Mineralogical Magazine, 81 (3) 737-742 doi:10.1180/minmag.2017.081.039
Środek, Dorota, Galuskina, Irina O., Galuskin, Evgeny, Dulski, Mateusz, Książek, Maria, Kusz, Joachim, Gazeev, Viktor (2018) Chlorellestadite, Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl, a new ellestadite- group mineral from the Shadil-Khokh volcano, South Ossetia. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112 (5) 743-752 doi:10.1007/s00710-018-0571-1
Brazhnikova, Anastasia S., Avdontceva, Margarita S., Zolotarev, Andrey A., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Bocharov, Vladimir N., Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Rassomakhin, Mikhail A., Gurzhiy, Vladislav V., Krivovichev, Sergey V. (2023) Ca3SiO4Cl2—An Anthropogenic Phase from Burnt Mine Dumps of the Chelyabinsk Coal Basin: Crystal Structure Refinement, Spectroscopic Study and Thermal Evolution. Minerals, 13 (5) 668 doi:10.3390/min13050668
ⓘ Cuspidine
Formula: Ca8(Si2O7)2F4
ⓘ Diopside
Formula: CaMgSi2O6
ⓘ Enstatite
Formula: Mg2Si2O6
ⓘ Fluorchegemite
Formula: Ca7(SiO4)3F2
ⓘ Fluorellestadite
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F
ⓘ Gazeevite (TL)
Formula: BaCa6(SiO4)2(SO4)2O
Type Locality:
ⓘ Gehlenite
Formula: Ca2Al[AlSiO7]
References:
Galuskina, Irina O., Krüger, Biljana, Galuskin, Evgeny V., Armbruster, Thomas, Gazeev, Viktor M., Włodyka, Roman, Dulski, Mateusz, Dzierżanowski, Piotr (2015) Fluorchegemite, Ca7(SiO4)3F2, a new mineral from the edgrewite-bearing endoskarn zone of an altered xenolith in ignimbrites from upper Chegem caldera, Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia: occurrence, crystal structure, and new data on the mineral assemblages. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (2) 325-344 doi:10.3749/canmin.1400084
Środek, Dorota, Juroszek, Rafał, Krüger, Hannes, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Gazeev, Viktor (2018) New Occurrence of Rusinovite, Ca10(Si2O7)3Cl2: Composition, Structure and Raman Data of Rusinovite from Shadil-Khokh Volcano, South Ossetia and Bellerberg Volcano, Germany. Minerals, 8 (9) 399 doi:10.3390/min8090399
ⓘ Hydroxylellestadite
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5(OH)
ⓘ Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
ⓘ Kumtyubeite
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2F2
ⓘ Larnite
Formula: Ca2SiO4
References:
Galuskina, Irina O., Krüger, Biljana, Galuskin, Evgeny V., Armbruster, Thomas, Gazeev, Viktor M., Włodyka, Roman, Dulski, Mateusz, Dzierżanowski, Piotr (2015) Fluorchegemite, Ca7(SiO4)3F2, a new mineral from the edgrewite-bearing endoskarn zone of an altered xenolith in ignimbrites from upper Chegem caldera, Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia: occurrence, crystal structure, and new data on the mineral assemblages. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (2) 325-344 doi:10.3749/canmin.1400084
Środek, Dorota, Juroszek, Rafał, Krüger, Hannes, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Gazeev, Viktor (2018) New Occurrence of Rusinovite, Ca10(Si2O7)3Cl2: Composition, Structure and Raman Data of Rusinovite from Shadil-Khokh Volcano, South Ossetia and Bellerberg Volcano, Germany. Minerals, 8 (9) 399 doi:10.3390/min8090399
Brazhnikova, Anastasia S., Avdontceva, Margarita S., Zolotarev, Andrey A., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Bocharov, Vladimir N., Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Rassomakhin, Mikhail A., Gurzhiy, Vladislav V., Krivovichev, Sergey V. (2023) Ca3SiO4Cl2—An Anthropogenic Phase from Burnt Mine Dumps of the Chelyabinsk Coal Basin: Crystal Structure Refinement, Spectroscopic Study and Thermal Evolution. Minerals, 13 (5) 668 doi:10.3390/min13050668
ⓘ Magnesioferrite
Formula: MgFe3+2O4
ⓘ 'Melilite Group'
Formula: Ca2M(XSiO7)
ⓘ Merwinite
Formula: Ca3Mg(SiO4)2
References:
Galuskina, Irina O., Krüger, Biljana, Galuskin, Evgeny V., Armbruster, Thomas, Gazeev, Viktor M., Włodyka, Roman, Dulski, Mateusz, Dzierżanowski, Piotr (2015) Fluorchegemite, Ca7(SiO4)3F2, a new mineral from the edgrewite-bearing endoskarn zone of an altered xenolith in ignimbrites from upper Chegem caldera, Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia: occurrence, crystal structure, and new data on the mineral assemblages. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (2) 325-344 doi:10.3749/canmin.1400084
Środek, Dorota, Juroszek, Rafał, Krüger, Hannes, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Gazeev, Viktor (2018) New Occurrence of Rusinovite, Ca10(Si2O7)3Cl2: Composition, Structure and Raman Data of Rusinovite from Shadil-Khokh Volcano, South Ossetia and Bellerberg Volcano, Germany. Minerals, 8 (9) 399 doi:10.3390/min8090399
ⓘ 'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
ⓘ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
ⓘ Rondorfite
Formula: Ca8Mg(SiO4)4Cl2
References:
Galuskina, Irina O., Krüger, Biljana, Galuskin, Evgeny V., Armbruster, Thomas, Gazeev, Viktor M., Włodyka, Roman, Dulski, Mateusz, Dzierżanowski, Piotr (2015) Fluorchegemite, Ca7(SiO4)3F2, a new mineral from the edgrewite-bearing endoskarn zone of an altered xenolith in ignimbrites from upper Chegem caldera, Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia: occurrence, crystal structure, and new data on the mineral assemblages. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (2) 325-344 doi:10.3749/canmin.1400084
Środek, Dorota, Juroszek, Rafał, Krüger, Hannes, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Gazeev, Viktor (2018) New Occurrence of Rusinovite, Ca10(Si2O7)3Cl2: Composition, Structure and Raman Data of Rusinovite from Shadil-Khokh Volcano, South Ossetia and Bellerberg Volcano, Germany. Minerals, 8 (9) 399 doi:10.3390/min8090399
ⓘ Rusinovite
Formula: Ca10(Si2O7)3Cl2
ⓘ Spurrite
Formula: Ca5(SiO4)2(CO3)
References:
Galuskina, Irina O., Krüger, Biljana, Galuskin, Evgeny V., Armbruster, Thomas, Gazeev, Viktor M., Włodyka, Roman, Dulski, Mateusz, Dzierżanowski, Piotr (2015) Fluorchegemite, Ca7(SiO4)3F2, a new mineral from the edgrewite-bearing endoskarn zone of an altered xenolith in ignimbrites from upper Chegem caldera, Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia: occurrence, crystal structure, and new data on the mineral assemblages. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (2) 325-344 doi:10.3749/canmin.1400084
Środek, Dorota, Juroszek, Rafał, Krüger, Hannes, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Gazeev, Viktor (2018) New Occurrence of Rusinovite, Ca10(Si2O7)3Cl2: Composition, Structure and Raman Data of Rusinovite from Shadil-Khokh Volcano, South Ossetia and Bellerberg Volcano, Germany. Minerals, 8 (9) 399 doi:10.3390/min8090399
Brazhnikova, Anastasia S., Avdontceva, Margarita S., Zolotarev, Andrey A., Krzhizhanovskaya, Maria G., Bocharov, Vladimir N., Shilovskikh, Vladimir V., Rassomakhin, Mikhail A., Gurzhiy, Vladislav V., Krivovichev, Sergey V. (2023) Ca3SiO4Cl2—An Anthropogenic Phase from Burnt Mine Dumps of the Chelyabinsk Coal Basin: Crystal Structure Refinement, Spectroscopic Study and Thermal Evolution. Minerals, 13 (5) 668 doi:10.3390/min13050668
ⓘ Srebrodolskite
Formula: Ca2Fe3+2O5
References:
Galuskina, Irina O., Krüger, Biljana, Galuskin, Evgeny V., Armbruster, Thomas, Gazeev, Viktor M., Włodyka, Roman, Dulski, Mateusz, Dzierżanowski, Piotr (2015) Fluorchegemite, Ca7(SiO4)3F2, a new mineral from the edgrewite-bearing endoskarn zone of an altered xenolith in ignimbrites from upper Chegem caldera, Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia: occurrence, crystal structure, and new data on the mineral assemblages. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (2) 325-344 doi:10.3749/canmin.1400084
Środek, Dorota, Juroszek, Rafał, Krüger, Hannes, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Gazeev, Viktor (2018) New Occurrence of Rusinovite, Ca10(Si2O7)3Cl2: Composition, Structure and Raman Data of Rusinovite from Shadil-Khokh Volcano, South Ossetia and Bellerberg Volcano, Germany. Minerals, 8 (9) 399 doi:10.3390/min8090399
ⓘ Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
ⓘ Wadalite
Formula: (Ca,Mg)6(Al,Fe3+)4((Si,Al)O4)3O4Cl3
References:
Galuskina, Irina O., Krüger, Biljana, Galuskin, Evgeny V., Armbruster, Thomas, Gazeev, Viktor M., Włodyka, Roman, Dulski, Mateusz, Dzierżanowski, Piotr (2015) Fluorchegemite, Ca7(SiO4)3F2, a new mineral from the edgrewite-bearing endoskarn zone of an altered xenolith in ignimbrites from upper Chegem caldera, Northern Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia: occurrence, crystal structure, and new data on the mineral assemblages. The Canadian Mineralogist, 53 (2) 325-344 doi:10.3749/canmin.1400084
Środek, Dorota, Juroszek, Rafał, Krüger, Hannes, Krüger, Biljana, Galuskina, Irina, Gazeev, Viktor (2018) New Occurrence of Rusinovite, Ca10(Si2O7)3Cl2: Composition, Structure and Raman Data of Rusinovite from Shadil-Khokh Volcano, South Ossetia and Bellerberg Volcano, Germany. Minerals, 8 (9) 399 doi:10.3390/min8090399
ⓘ Wollastonite
Formula: Ca3(Si3O9)

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘPyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘSrebrodolskite4.AC.10Ca2Fe3+2O5
ⓘMagnesioferrite4.BB.05MgFe3+2O4
ⓘIlmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘRondorfite9.AB.20Ca8Mg(SiO4)4Cl2
ⓘLarnite9.AD.05Ca2SiO4
ⓘMerwinite9.AD.15Ca3Mg(SiO4)2
ⓘBredigite9.AD.20Ca7Mg(SiO4)4
ⓘAndradite9.AD.25Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3
ⓘWadalite9.AD.25(Ca,Mg)6(Al,Fe3+)4((Si,Al)O4)3O4Cl3
ⓘKumtyubeite9.AF.45Ca5(SiO4)2F2
ⓘFluorchegemite9.AF.50Ca7(SiO4)3F2
ⓘTitanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O