Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China

mindat Locality ID: 21240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21240.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°54'21"N
Longitude: 117°11'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.905833333333,117.19805555556

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.

Amorphous	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sodalite	Topaz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Fluorite ()*
Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Spessartine ()*	Topaz ()*

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 B Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Mica Milarite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Sodalite Topaz Tourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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