Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mingxi Co., Sanming, Fujian, China

mindat Locality ID: 187931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mingxi Co., Sanming, Fujian, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gaiyang
Longfengchang Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit
Yangfang Complex
Yuanfang Mine

Latitude: 25°56'0"N
Longitude: 117°48'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.933333333333,117.81638888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Apatite	Baddeleyite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite	Garnet	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*
Enstatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baddeleyite Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite Garnet Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	37462	286
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	37460	238
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	1	37462	115
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	37461	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	37460	1797
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	0		944
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	37463	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	37461	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37462	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	37461	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	37460	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	37461	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	37462,37463	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	37461	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	37460	1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	37462	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	37462	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	37462	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	37460	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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