Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Suizhou, Hubei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 156566
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156566.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suizhou, Hubei, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Guangshui Co.
Sui Co.
Zengdu District (Cengdou District)

Latitude: 31°51'30"N
Longitude: 113°22'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.858333333333,113.38305555556

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Palmierite	Perovskite	Post-spinel	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Wadsleyite	Zircon

Akimotoite ()*	Albite ()*	Asimowite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemleyite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lingunite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Majorite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Perovskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ringwoodite ()*	Shenzhuangite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Taenite ()*
Troilite ()*	Tuite ()*	Wangdaodeite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Wüstite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Xieite ()*	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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Calcite Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Iron Kaolinite Mica Nickeline
None Olivine Palmierite Perovskite Post-spinel Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Wadsleyite Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Akimotoite ()*	Corundum	MgSiO₃			1	40016	10
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1000	541	2	40008,40010	8803
Asimowite ()*	Wadsleyite	Fe₂SiO₄			1	40016	1
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	40012,40013	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	40013,40016	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	40016	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	40016	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	40016	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	40013	4165
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	40016	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1000	541	1	40008	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	40016	1188
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1000	541	1	40008	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	40012,40013	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	40010,40012	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	40013	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	40013	14640
Hemleyite ()*	Corundum	FeSiO₃			1	40016	1
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	40016	243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	40016	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	40016	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	40013	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	40013	5591
Lingunite ()*	Coronadite	NaAlSi₃O₈			1	40016	9
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	40012	14899
Majorite ()*	Garnet	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃			1	40016	24
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	40016	230
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1000	541	1	40008	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	40010,40012,40013	17380
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	40016	495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	40012,40013	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	40016	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1000	541	4	40008,40010,40012,40013	61156
Ringwoodite ()*	Spinel	SiMg₂O₄			1	40016	25
Shenzhuangite ()*	Chalcopyrite	NiFeS₂			1	40016	1
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	40012,40013	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	40012	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	40012,40013	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			1	40012	332
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	40016	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	40016	1044
Tuite ()*	Palmierite	Ca₃(PO₄)₂			1	40016	7
Wangdaodeite ()*	Corundum	FeTiO₃			1	40016	1
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆			1	40016	104
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO			1	40016	74
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1000	541	1	40008	939
Xieite ()*	Post-spinel	FeCr₂O₄			1	40016	2
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1000	541	1	40008	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	ree-00288	1000	541	Late Proterozoic											216667	Guangshui Co., Suizhou, Hubei, China	Guangshui	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R150063	Suizhou Meteorite (Suizhou L6 Chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou, Hubei, China	https://rruff.info/R150063
R150142	Suizhou Meteorite (Suizhou L6 Chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou, Hubei, China	https://rruff.info/R150142

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