Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Hpakant (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District (Moe Hnyin District), Kachin State, Myanmar

mindat Locality ID: 31469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hpakant (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District (Moe Hnyin District), Kachin State, Myanmar": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Phakant Mine
Sankhar Mine

Latitude: 25°39'17"N
Longitude: 96°20'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.654722222222,96.340555555556

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Clay	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Mica	Natrolite	None
Pectolite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Thomsonite	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(La) ()*	Celsian ()*	Cymrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Eckermannite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Grossular ()*	Iron ()*	Jadeite ()*
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nybøite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Pectolite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Richterite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Winchite ()*
Wüstite ()*

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 Ba Ca F Fe H K La Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca F Fe H K La Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Clay Epidote Feldspar Garnet Iron Mica Natrolite None
Pectolite Pyroxene Rocksalt Thomsonite Vesuvianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	85976	8803
Allanite-(La) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaLa(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		25
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		100
Cymrite ()*	None	Ba(Si,Al)₄(O,OH)₈·H₂O	0		46
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	85976	4135
Eckermannite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		5
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		286
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	0		1089
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	2	85976,85977	154
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	85976	79
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	85976	1236
Nybøite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		8
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	85976	229
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	0		363
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	85976	148
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	0		452
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	0		1395
Winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		51
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	0		74

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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