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Sericite from
Biksizak deposit, Kunashaksky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia


Locality type:Deposit
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 Biksizak deposit, Kunashaksky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1320543
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1320543:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Sericite
81.6km (50.7 miles) ā“˜Gumeshevskii Cu Mine, Polevskoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
References
Plotinskaya, O. Yu., Grabezhev, A. I., Seltmann, R. (2015) Fahlores compositional zoning in a porphyry-epithermal system: Biksizak occurrence, South Urals, Russia as an example. Geology of Ore Deposits, 57 (1) 42-63 doi:10.1134/s1075701515010031
Plotinskaya, O. Yu., Novoselov, K. A., Seltmann, R. (2020) Mineralogy of Precious Metals in Ores of the Biksizak Baseā€“Metal Deposit, South Urals, Russia. Geology of Ore Deposits, 62 (6). 439-456 doi:10.1134/s1075701520060045
 
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