Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Zhengzhou, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 156561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156561.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhengzhou, Henan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dengfeng Co.
Gongyi Co.

Latitude: 34°31'59"N
Longitude: 113°8'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.533055555556,113.14972222222

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rutile	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Böhmite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
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 C Ca Fe H K O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Garnet Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rutile Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	39821	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	39821	2162
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	39821	195
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	39821	27770
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	2	39819,39821	481
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	39821	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	39821	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	39821	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	39821	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	39821	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39821	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	39821	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39821	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	39821	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	39821	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	39821	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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