Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ananai Mine, Nankoku City, Kochi, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 23325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ananai Mine, Nankoku City, Kochi, Japan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Fukinaro Deposit (Ananai-Fukinaro Mine)
Honomori Deposit (Ananai-Honomori Mine)
Matsukabu Deposit
Nagakawara Deposit (Ananai-Nagakawara Mine)

Latitude: 33°41'30"N
Longitude: 133°38'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.691666666667,133.64694444444

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Axinite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet	Humite	None	Olivine	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhodonite	Serpentine	Spinel	Stilpnomelane

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Andradite ()*
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Bannisterite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote-(Sr) ()*
Gageite ()*	Ganophyllite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jacobsite ()*
Natronambulite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Okhotskite ()*	Parsettensite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Piemontite-(Sr) ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Taneyamalite ()*	Tephroite ()*
Tinzenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Axinite Baryte Braunite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet Humite None Olivine Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhodonite Serpentine Spinel Stilpnomelane

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	0		1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	75501,75505	8803
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	0		77
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	2	75501,75502	88
Bannisterite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(Ca,K,Na)(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₁₀(Si,Al)₁₆O₃₈(OH)₈·nH₂O	0		20
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	75501,75505	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	75501	173
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	3	75500,75501,75505	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	75501,75505	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	75500,75505	83
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0		2600
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	0		498
Epidote-(Sr) ()*	Epidote	CaSr(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8
Gageite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₂₁Si₈O₂₇(OH)₂₀	0		14
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)	2	75500,75505	45
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	75505	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	75500,75501,75505	14640
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	75500	172
Natronambulite ()*	Rhodonite	NaMn²⁺₄Si₅O₁₄(OH)	0		7
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	0		186
Okhotskite ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		5
Parsettensite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O	0		43
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	75500,75501,75505	260
Piemontite-(Sr) ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	CaSr(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	75502	12
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		1898
Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		15
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	75500,75501,75505	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	3	75500,75501,75505	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	3	75500,75501,75505	969
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	75500	312
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2	75500,75505	456
Taneyamalite ()*	None	(Na,Ca)Mn²⁺₁₂(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₄₄	0		5
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	0		240
Tinzenite ()*	Axinite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₄Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	75505	24

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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