Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Handan, Hebei, China

mindat Locality ID: 156555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Handan, Hebei, China": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Fengfengkuang District (Fengfeng Mining District)
She Co.
Wu'an Co.
Yongnian Co.

Latitude: 36°43'22"N
Longitude: 113°57'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.722777777778,113.9525

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Gyrolite
Humite	Kaolinite	Magnetoplumbite	Malachite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tobermorite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

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 Au C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Gyrolite
Humite Kaolinite Magnetoplumbite Malachite Mica Natrolite Nickeline None Olivine Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Spinel Talc Titanite Tobermorite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*
Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Clintonite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Monticellite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Plombièrite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scawtite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Silver ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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	6	39201,39211,39212,39213,39214,39216	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	39218	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	39218	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	39211,39214,39216,39219	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	39212	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	39201,39208,39211	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	39218	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5	39211,39214,39219,39220,39221	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	39201,39208,39211,39213,39214,39219,39220,39221	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	39216,39219,39220,39221	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	39201,39211,39212,39213,39214,39216,39219,39220,39221	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	39211	285
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	39201	86
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	39201	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	39212	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	39211	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	6	39201,39208,39211,39213,39214,39216	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	39201,39211,39214,39216	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	39208,39211,39212,39213,39214,39219	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	39208,39211	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	39211,39214	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	39212	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	39211,39212,39214	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	39212,39219,39220,39221	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	39201,39208	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	39206,39215	6890
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	1	39201	142
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	39201,39211,39213,39214,39216,39219,39220,39221	14640
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉	1	39201	80
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	39212	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	39212,39219,39220,39221	5591
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39211	229
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	39211	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14	39201,39203,39207,39209,39210,39211,39212,39213,39214,39215,39216,39219,39220,39221	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	39212	12537
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	39201	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	39211,39212,39213,39214,39219,39220,39221	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	39212	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39218	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	4	39201,39211,39214,39216	2273
Plombièrite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂(H₂O)₂·(Ca·5H₂O)	1	39201	28
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1	39211	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	39201,39211,39212,39213,39214,39219,39220,39221	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	39212,39214,39216	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	39201,39211,39212,39213,39214,39219,39220,39221	61156
Scawtite ()*	None	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	39201	25
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	39212	4894
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	39201	390
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	39212	5186
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	39201	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	39214,39218	3337
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	39201	183
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	39211,39213	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	1	39201	114
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	6	39201,39211,39212,39213,39214,39216	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	39201	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	39201	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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