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:
Akuseki Island (Akusekijima), Tokara Archipelago, Kagoshima, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 64976
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64976.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Akuseki Island (Akusekijima), Tokara Archipelago, Kagoshima, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°28'0"N
Longitude: 129°36'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.466666666667,129.6

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.

Feldspar	Metavoltine	None	Voltaite

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 Fe H K Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Feldspar Metavoltine None Voltaite

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Metavoltine ()*	Voltaite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	78
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	111

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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