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Locality Name:
Jingmen, Hubei, China


mindat Locality ID: 156565
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156565.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jingmen, Hubei, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Duodao District
Jingshan Co.
Zhongxiang Co.

Latitude: 31°4'4"N
Longitude: 112°45'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.067777777778,112.76638888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteClayCorrensiteCorundumFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneOlivine
PerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSpinelTitaniteVesuvianiteZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rectorite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Titanite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31399621534
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13996111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13996227770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6239960,399624135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21399659895
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1399601188
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31399625433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413996214899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)139962153
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3139962495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2239960,399622273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213995839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2239958,3996261156
Rectorite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·2H2O13996349
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1399581711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21399625614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)139960598
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1399624899
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101399621395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1399625251



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