Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saganoseki, Oita, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 231595
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231595.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saganoseki, Oita, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Seki Mine
Shibuki Mine

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

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Graphite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Mica None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine Spinel Titanite

18 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	2	76058,76059	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	76059	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	76059	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	76058,76059	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	76058,76059	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	76058,76059	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	76059	951
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	76059	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	76058,76059	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	76058,76059	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	76059	2812
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	76059	407
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	76058,76059	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	76058,76059	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	76058,76059	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	76059	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	76059	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	76058,76059	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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