Aydarken
Place in Batken, Kyrgyzstan
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Aydarken (Kyrgyz: Айдаркен, romanized: Aydarken; Russian: Хайдаркен, romanized: Khaydarken[2] or more recently Айдаркен) is a city[3] in Batken Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Kadamjay District.[4] The population of Aydarken amounted to 12,031 in 2021.[1] Aydarken is situated at about 2,000 m elevation, on the northern slopes of the Alay Range.[2]
Aydarken
Kyrgyz: Айдаркең | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Aydarken | |
| Coordinates: 39°56′24″N 71°19′48″E | |
| Country | Kyrgyzstan |
| Region | Batken |
| District | Kadamjay |
| Founded | 1941 |
| Elevation | 2,000 m (6,600 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 12,031 |
Population
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.[6] The Minamata Convention on Mercury includes provisions which will eliminate primary mercury mining.[7]
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Unusual minerals of Aydarken
Blue fur-like mass of acicular crystals of the Copper-Aluminium mineral Khaidarkanite (Cyanotrichite group), named for type locality Khaidarkan (a.k.a. Aydarken)[8]
Getchellite: double sulphide of Arsenic and Antimony: mass of scarlet crystalline material of resinous lustre on grey matrix
Wakabayashilite: Arsenosulphide of Arsenic and Antimony: expanse of radiating, acicular, golden crystals
Chursinite: an extremely rare arsenate of mercury: yellow microcrystals on matrix
Kuznetsovite: another rare arsenate of mercury: expanse of beige crystals
Calcite cave formation: corallite forms ("spheroidalites", - dissymmetrical spherulites)
