Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rizhao, Shandong, China

mindat Locality ID: 145495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rizhao, Shandong, China": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ju Co.
Lanshan District
Wulian Co.

Latitude: 35°27'14"N
Longitude: 119°16'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.453888888889,119.27166666667

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Coesite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Spinel ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Zircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	43078	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43070	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	43078	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	43078,43079	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	43078	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	43067,43070,43078	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	43078	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	43067,43078,43079	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	43071	376
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	2	43069,43070	77
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	43078	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	43078	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	43078	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	43070,43075	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	43069,43070,43075,43078	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	43078	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	43069,43071,43073	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	43069	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43078	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	43078	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	43069,43070	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	43078	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	43067,43078,43079	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	43067,43069	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43078	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	43069,43071	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	43067,43069	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	43078	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	43078	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	43072,43074	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	43078	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	43071,43077,43078,43079	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	43070	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43071	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	43067,43071,43074,43077,43078,43079	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43069	341
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43071	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43078	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	43067,43069,43070,43071,43072,43073,43074,43077,43078,43079	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	43069,43070,43071	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	43078	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	43078	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	43078	5186
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	43069	1934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	43078	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	43067,43070	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	43071	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43070	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	43071	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43071	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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