Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yangquan, Shanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 145500
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145500.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yangquan, Shanxi, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jiao District
Kuang District
Yu Co.

Latitude: 37°59'9"N
Longitude: 113°36'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.985833333333,113.60111111111

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.

Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Kaolinite	None	Quartz	Tridymite

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 Fe H Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Corundum Cristobalite Diaspore Kaolinite None Quartz Tridymite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Cordierite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Mullite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tridymite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	43282	1008
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	43282	453
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	4	43278,43279,43280,43284	481
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	43279	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	43279	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43282	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	43278,43279,43280,43284	5591
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	43282	78
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	43279	61156
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	43282	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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