Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zibo, Shandong, China

mindat Locality ID: 145498
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145498.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Boshan District
Huantai Co.
Linzi District
Zhangdian District
Zichuan District

Latitude: 36°49'40"N
Longitude: 118°7'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.827777777778,118.12027777778

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	Aragonite	Autunite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel
Stibnite	Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Corundum ()*
Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Moissanite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Autunite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel
Stibnite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43116	3419
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	4	43111,43115,43118,43120	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	43114,43121	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	43114,43121	3250
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	43112	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	43109	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	43111,43114,43115,43118,43120,43121	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	43109	1935
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	4	43111,43115,43118,43120	195
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	4	43111,43115,43118,43120	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	43114,43116,43121	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	43116	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	43114,43116,43121	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	43109	2600
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	43116	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	4	43111,43115,43118,43120	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	43116	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	43109,43111,43115,43116,43118,43120	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	43109,43116	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	43109,43112,43114,43121	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	43114,43121	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	43116	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	43109,43114,43116,43121	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	43111,43115,43118,43120	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	43109,43112,43116	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	43109,43114,43121	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	43116	5674
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC	1	43109	57
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	43109	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	43111,43115,43116,43118,43120	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	43116	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	43109,43111,43114,43115,43116,43118,43120,43121	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	43114,43121	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	43111,43115,43118,43120	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43116	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	43114,43116,43121	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	6	43109,43111,43115,43116,43118,43120	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	43114,43121	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	43116	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	43109,43116	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	43112	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43116	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	43112	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	6	43109,43111,43115,43116,43118,43120	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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