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Locality Name:
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China


mindat Locality ID: 144456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Harbin, Heilongjiang, China": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Acheng District
Bin Co.
Shangzhi Co.
Yanshou Co.

Latitude: 45°28'49"N
Longitude: 127°17'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.480277777778,127.28777777778

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetIlvaiteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TalcTetrahedriteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
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)2239395,393963419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1393958803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6139394966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21394052162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31393941534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1393959052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31393991935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4239399,394025516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)439396,39398,39399,3940027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1393995707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2539395,39396,39399,39402,3940327198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6439398,39399,39400,394074135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)339395,39396,394058173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21393949617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS639395,39396,39397,39399,39402,3940324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13940530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1394052812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31393941544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3339398,39399,3940014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31394055433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)139394197
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41393955591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4839395,39396,39397,39398,39399,39400,39405,3940714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213939412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21393945674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2239398,393995800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2339395,39399,3940317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2839395,39396,39398,39399,39400,39402,39403,3940739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8239396,394029056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2739395,39396,39398,39399,39400,39405,3940761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21394055614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1394024894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51394051516
Silver  (*)CopperAg1393945186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS739395,39397,39398,39399,39400,39402,3940321482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21393953337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131393995317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2239394,394052562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101393941395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31393941247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1394055251



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