Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 155718
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155718.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Muramatsu-mura
Ohgushi (Ogushi)
Okushi Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Bixbyite	Braunite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Epidote	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Talc

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 Au Ba Ca Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bixbyite Braunite Chlorite Clay Copper Epidote Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Spinel Talc

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Braunite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Gold ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Talc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	75893	11547
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1	75894	104
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	75893	483
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	75893	1756
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	75896	30554
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	75894	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	75894	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	75893	17380
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	75893	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	75896	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	75893,75896	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	75894	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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