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Locality Name:
Wazuka-cho, Soraku District, Kyoto, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 45522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wazuka-cho, Soraku District, Kyoto, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ishidera
Shimojima
Sono Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Mn O P Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteAnthoiniteApatiteBerylBruciteCalciteClayDiasporeHumite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOxalatePhosphosideritePyrochloreQuartzRhodoniteRutile
ScheeliteSpinel

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Alleghanyite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anthoinite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galaxite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)
Jacobsite  (*)Mpororoite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)
Pyrochroite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sonolite  (*)Tephroite  (*)Weddellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alleghanyite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)217562077
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51756191310
Anthoinite  (*)AnthoiniteAlWO3(OH)317561814
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2175618606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181756184286
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O175618280
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1756182740
Galaxite  (*)SpinelMn2+Al2O417562043
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1756187437
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)17561857
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4175620172
Mpororoite  (*)AnthoiniteAl2O(WO4)2·6H2O1756185
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217561817380
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)175620186
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O175618182
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)217562056
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21756203106
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3175620147
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217561861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1756201711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)175620969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1756184894
Sonolite  (*)HumiteMn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)217562050
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)175620240
Weddellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·2H2O17561832



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