Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ningde, Fujian, China

mindat Locality ID: 156547
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156547.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ningde, Fujian, China": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Fu'an Co.
Fuding Co.
Gutian Co.
Jiaocheng District
Pingnan Co.
Shouning Co.
Xiapu Co.
Zhouning Co.

Latitude: 27°10'37"N
Longitude: 119°40'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.176944444444,119.67888888889

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chiluite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferberite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Koechlinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	37396,37402	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	37388,37395	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	37390,37400,37404	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	37395	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	37395	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	37388	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	37400	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	37386,37390	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	37388,37395	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	37386	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	37395	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	37388,37395,37398	27198
Chiluite ()*	None	Bi₃Te⁶⁺Mo⁶⁺O_10.5	1	37386	1
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	37388,37395	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	37388	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	37395,37402	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	37390	551
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	37386	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	37390	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	37388,37395,37396,37398,37402,37404	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	37398,37404	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	37395	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	37390	469
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	37402	5591
Koechlinite ()*	None	Bi₂MoO₆	1	37386	39
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	37388,37395,37400	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5	37386,37388,37390,37391,37400	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	37388,37390,37396,37400,37402,37404	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	37402	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	37386,37388,37390,37395,37396,37398,37400,37402,37404	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	37395	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	4	37396,37398,37402,37404	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	37388,37395	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	37386,37388,37390,37391,37395,37396,37398,37400,37402,37404	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	37402	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	37402	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	37390	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	37396	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	37388,37395,37396,37398,37402,37404	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37395	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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