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Locality Name:
Omine Mts, Tenkawa Village, Yoshino District, Nara, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 158266
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158266.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Omine Mts, Tenkawa Village, Yoshino District, Nara, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Misen River

Latitude: 34°12'40"N
Longitude: 135°53'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.211111111111,135.89444444444

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 B F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al K Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBerylClayCorundumDumortieriteFeldsparMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzSpinelTopazTourmalineZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Dumortierite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Ominelite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Sekaninaite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51759291310
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O18175929231
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31759295433
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217592917380
Ominelite  (*)NoneFe2+Al3O2(BO3)(SiO4)1759293
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217592939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217592961156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1759292705
Sekaninaite  (*)BerylFe2+2Al4Si5O1817592935
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21759291476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1759295251



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