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Locality Name:
Marble Quarry, Wumiao, Yuexi Co., Anqing, Anhui, China


mindat Locality ID: 68838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-68838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marble Quarry, Wumiao, Yuexi Co., Anqing, Anhui, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Calc-silicate Outcrops
Eclogite Outcrops

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteDiamondEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelTitaniteZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Coesite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Grossular  (*)Jadeite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)136916706
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1369161036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61369172060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)236916,3691727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213691627198
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO2236916,3691777
Diamond  (*)DiamondC236916,36917697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6236916,369174135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2236916,369179895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)236916,369178173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31369171544
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6136917154
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2136916238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413691614899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2236916,3691717380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6136917229
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21369162273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2236916,3691739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2236916,3691761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2236916,369175614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O236916,369174899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21369162562
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)213691673
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1369165251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)236916,369171025



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