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Locality Name:
Daimonjiyama (Nyoigatake), Sakyou-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 17496
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17496.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daimonjiyama (Nyoigatake), Sakyou-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ame-sha Shrine
Ikenotani-jizo
Jyoudo-nanamawari-cho Mountain Road
Okazakiyama Marble Quarry
Senninzuka

Latitude: 35°1'5"N
Longitude: 135°49'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.018055555556,135.82305555556

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAndalusiteBerylBrookiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGarnet
KaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzVesuvianiteWollastonite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Diopside  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Indialite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31755822353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21755822162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51755841310
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2175582700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17558327770
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1755831025
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181755811008
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61755834135
Graphite  (*)NoneC1755832812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31755831544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O0144
Indialite  (*)BerylMg2Al3(AlSi5)O1817558124
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217558039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217558061156
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101755831395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31755831247



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