Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Chongzuo, Guangxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 145507
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145507.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chongzuo, Guangxi, China": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Daxin Co.
Fusui Co.
Ningming Co.
Pingxiang Co.
Tiandeng Co.

Latitude: 22°33'38"N
Longitude: 107°4'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.560555555556,107.07944444444

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Ardennite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Ardennite Arsenopyrite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Ramsdellite Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Talc Titanite Zircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Birnessite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenalite ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jacobsite ()*
Jordisite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neotocite ()*
Nsutite ()*	Opal ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Sursassite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Vernadite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	38286	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	38286	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	38286	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	38284,38286,38295	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	38286,38289	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	38286	178
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	38286	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	38284,38286,38298	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	38286	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	1	38284	566
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	2	38286,38298	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	38284,38286,38297	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	38286	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	38297	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	38286	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	38287	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	38298	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	38286,38291	7437
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	38286	61
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	38286	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	38286,38298	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	38286	243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	38298	5433
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	1	38284	123
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	38286	172
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	1	38284	102
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	38284,38286,38298	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	38286	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	38286,38298	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	2	38286,38298	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	38284,38286	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	38284	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	38286,38298	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	38284,38286,38298	17380
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	38286	186
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	2	38286,38298	121
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	38284	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	38286	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	38284,38286,38295,38298	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	38286,38298	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	38284,38286,38297,38298	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	38298	177
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	38286,38298	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	38286	969
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	38286	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	38298	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	38291,38298	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	38284,38286,38287	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	38284	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	38286	456
Sursassite ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₂Al₃(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₃	1	38286	24
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	38286	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	38298	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	38286	433
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	38284	2718
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	2	38286,38298	65
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	38298	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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