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Locality Name:
Hong Kong, China


mindat Locality ID: 127107
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127107.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hong Kong, China": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hong Kong Island
Kowloon
New Territories

Latitude: 22°23'52"N
Longitude: 114°4'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.397777777778,114.08027777778

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCoronaditeCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGarnetHumiteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPalygorskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
StilpnomelaneTalcVesuvianiteWollastonite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Almandine  (*)Analcime  (*)Azurite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21398443419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61398371022
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31398452353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1398371627
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2239841,398445509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181398434286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)339837,39841,3984427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2239841,3984427198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2139844285
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16139845599
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61398444135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21398449895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1398448173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)139848551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2439839,39843,39844,398469617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS339841,39844,3984624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1398447437
Graphite  (*)NoneC239849,398512812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313984414640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413984414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2239841,3984412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2539839,39843,39845,39846,398485800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2239844,3984817380
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O139844306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2339841,39844,3984639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8239841,398449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2539841,39843,39844,39846,3984861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1398441711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)139844969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1398484894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS339841,39844,3984621482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O139844456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21398443337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21398442562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101398441395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31398441247



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