Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sha Tin District, New Territories, Hong Kong, China

mindat Locality ID: 156563
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156563.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sha Tin District, New Territories, Hong Kong, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ma On Mountain (Ma On Shan)
Needle Hill (Cham Shan)

Latitude: 22°23'59"N
Longitude: 114°11'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.399722222222,114.19972222222

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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	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: Al Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Fluorite Garnet Humite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Talc Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

31 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	39844	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	39845	2353
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	39844	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	39843	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	39844	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	39844	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	39844	285
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	39845	599
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	39844	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	39844	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	39844	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	39843,39844,39846	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	39844,39846	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	39844	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	39844	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39844	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	39844	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	39843,39845,39846	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39844	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	39844	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	39844,39846	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	39844	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	39843,39844,39846	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	39844	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	39844	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	39844,39846	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	39844	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39844	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39844	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	39844	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	39844	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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