Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lu'an, Anhui, China

mindat Locality ID: 156544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lu'an, Anhui, China": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Huoqiu Co.
Huoshan Co.
Jinzhai Co.
Shou Co.
Shucheng Co.

Latitude: 31°47'44"N
Longitude: 116°18'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.795555555556,116.30611111111

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jadeite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite 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	37045	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	37050	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37045	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	37045	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	37045	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	37045	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	37045	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	37045	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	37045	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	37045,37046	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	37045,37053	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	37050	3902
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	37045	518
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	37042	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	37045	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	37050	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37045	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	37044,37045,37046	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	37050	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	37045,37053	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	37053	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	37045	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	37039,37044,37045,37046	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	37045	5433
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	37050	154
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	37045	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	37045	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	37040	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	37039,37040,37045	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	37045,37048	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	37045	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	37045,37053	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	2	37052,37054	229
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	37045,37053	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	37050	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	37045	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	37045,37046,37053	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	37045,37050,37052,37054	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	37045	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	37045,37053	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	37050	1934
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	37044,37046	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	37045	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	37045	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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