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Locality Name:
Hezhou, Guangxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 145506
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145506.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hezhou, Guangxi, China": 43
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Babu District
Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County.
Pinggui District
Zhaoping Co.
Zhaoping Meteorite
Zhongshan Co.

Latitude: 24°20'11"N
Longitude: 111°24'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.336388888889,111.40972222222

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllargentumAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyrite
BaryteBerthieriteBerylBournoniteCalciteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsum
HumiteIronKaoliniteKobelliteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PavonitePerovskitePolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStibniteTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTripliteTungstiteVesuvianite
WollastoniteZircon

96 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cohenite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Iron  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pargasite  (*)Pavonite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sarcopside  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Triplite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Tungstite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S238480,385172793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2538490,38492,38493,38496,385123419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)138484254
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)938486,38492,38496,38499,38509,38511,38512,38514,385178803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3238493,385131534
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs138517379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1638478,38480,38490,38492,38493,38496,38497,38499,38501,38506,38509,38510,38512,38514,38517,385199052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)338480,38517,3851911547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2138484172
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4238509,38512343
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181385174286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6138484413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi438485,38509,38512,385171966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3338485,38506,385121935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4238478,385175516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3238517,385191089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1538478,38479,38480,38489,38492,38493,38496,38497,38499,38506,38512,38516,38517,38518,3851927770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS613851791
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2138484178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22038480,38483,38486,38488,38489,38490,38492,38493,38494,38495,38496,38497,38498,38499,38509,38510,38511,38512,38514,385175171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O138517925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1385175707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21638478,38479,38480,38489,38492,38493,38496,38497,38499,38502,38506,38509,38510,38512,38514,3851727198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8138492577
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2138485285
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81385121756
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe313850477
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)138484363
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6738490,38492,38493,38496,38497,38499,385134135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2838480,38489,38492,38499,38516,38517,38518,385199895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)138480180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)438492,38493,38496,384998173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)438516,38517,38518,38519551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21938480,38486,38489,38490,38492,38493,38494,38496,38497,38499,38509,38510,38511,38512,38514,38516,38517,38518,385199617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12338480,38510,38517663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3138480105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1438478,38479,38480,38489,38492,38493,38499,38501,38506,38509,38510,38512,38514,3851724243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4138510192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1384977437
Gold  (*)CopperAu738478,38479,38480,38501,38502,38510,3851330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC238479,385042812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31384851544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O438497,38516,38518,385196890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6138493741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3538489,38497,38516,38518,3851914640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te138478804
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)238517,38519469
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6238477,384971066
Iron  (*)IronFe1385041089
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14538489,38492,38493,38497,38499784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41385175591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4438493,38496,38498,3850114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2238497,3851612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2638492,38493,38497,38512,38514,385175674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2138517252
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1385174924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1384841107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2338477,38502,385065800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21638478,38480,38490,38492,38496,38499,38501,38502,38506,38509,38510,38511,38512,38514,38517,3851917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1384992349
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2138485313
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S513851772
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21384852273
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]238480,38517716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3238478,38480733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3638478,38480,38510,38512,38514,385171425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22238478,38479,38480,38489,38490,38492,38493,38496,38497,38499,38501,38502,38506,38509,38510,38511,38512,38514,38516,38517,38518,3851939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81238480,38492,38493,38496,38497,38499,38506,38509,38510,38512,38514,385179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22438478,38479,38480,38486,38489,38490,38492,38493,38494,38495,38496,38497,38499,38501,38502,38506,38509,38511,38512,38514,38516,38517,38518,3851961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS138517712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1385171711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2438509,38511,38512,385145614
Sarcopside  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)213850458
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)738490,38492,38493,38496,38506,38517,385194894
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P138504374
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O238484,385061153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)438516,38517,38518,385196417
Silver  (*)CopperAg238480,385095186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)238497,385032473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1838478,38479,38480,38489,38490,38492,38493,38496,38497,38499,38501,38506,38509,38510,38512,38514,38517,3851921482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4438509,38510,38514,38517668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4138517586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3238517,385193418
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)138504703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21384853337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13538480,38509,38512,38514,385175317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O638486,38491,38509,38511,38512,385144899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2238490,385171476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2538490,38492,38493,38499,385122562
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F138517233
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1385041044
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O138517118
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10338493,38496,385141395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31384921247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1385015251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)238496,385011025



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