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Locality Name:
Hime River (Himekawa), Ōmi, Itoigawa City, Niigata, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 105876
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105876.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hime River (Himekawa), Ōmi, Itoigawa City, Niigata, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°1'44"N
Longitude: 137°50'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.028888888889,137.83972222222
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 Ba Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayCorundumDumortieriteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMicaNonePyrite
PyroxeneSerpentineSpinelThomsonite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Amesite  (*)Celsian  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Dumortierite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Jadeite  (*)Kosmochlor  (*)Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)
Paragonite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Spinel  (*)Thomsonite-Sr  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4074
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)0100
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O180231
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O60154
Kosmochlor  (*)PyroxeneNaCr3+Si2O6013
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O60229
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20247
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20313
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Thomsonite-Sr  (*)ThomsoniteNaSr2(Al5Si5)O20·6-7H2O03
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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