Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Granitoid Gneiss Outcrops, Yinggelisayi Area, Ruoqiang Co. (Qakilik Co.; Chaqiliq Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 144926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granitoid Gneiss Outcrops, Yinggelisayi Area, Ruoqiang Co. (Qakilik Co.; Chaqiliq Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Calcite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite
Zircon

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Corundum Epidote Feldspar None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Titanite
Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Coesite ()*	Diopside ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	77
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	154
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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