Aydarken
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Aydarken (Template:Langx; Template:Langx[1] or more recently Айдаркен) is a city[2] in Batken Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Kadamjay District.[3] The population of Aydarken amounted to 12,031 in 2021.[4] Aydarken is situated at about 2,000 m elevation, on the northern slopes of the Alay Range.[1]
Population
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Aydarken Mercury Plant (KMP)
The Aydarken Mercury Plant (KMP) was the third largest producer of primary mercury in 2005. The ore reserves (which also contain antimony) exploited are located in or near Aydarken.[5] The Minamata Convention on Mercury includes provisions which will eliminate primary mercury mining.[6]
Gallery
Unusual minerals of Aydarken
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Blue fur-like mass of acicular crystals of the Copper-Aluminium mineral Khaidarkanite (Cyanotrichite group), named for type locality Khaidarkan (a.k.a. Aydarken)[7]
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Getchellite: double sulphide of Arsenic and Antimony: mass of scarlet crystalline material of resinous lustre on grey matrix
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Wakabayashilite: Arsenosulphide of Arsenic and Antimony: expanse of radiating, acicular, golden crystals
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Chursinite: an extremely rare arsenate of mercury: yellow microcrystals on matrix
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Kuznetsovite: another rare arsenate of mercury: expanse of beige crystals
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Calcite cave formation: corallite forms ("spheroidalites", - dissymmetrical spherulites)
References
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- ↑ Law 27 September 2012 No. 168 on the transformation of individual urban settlements of the Kyrgyz Republic and relating them to the category of village or city
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- ↑ "Kyrgyz Primary Mercury Mine Project"
- ↑ Mindat ’Khaidarkanite’ https://www.mindat.org/min-7135.html Retrieved at 10.04 on Tuesday 21/5/24.