Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Taizhou, Zhejiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 156610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taizhou, Zhejiang, China": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Huangyan District
Linhai Co.
Sanmen Co.
Tiantai Co.

Latitude: 28°52'43"N
Longitude: 120°55'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.878611111111,120.925

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Olivine	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Purpurite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica None Olivine Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	3	45502,45511,45512	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	45502	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	45511	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	45511	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	45502	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	45502	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	45502,45511	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	45502,45511	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	45502,45511	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	45502,45509,45511	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	45502,45506,45511	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	45502,45511,45513	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	45502	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	45502,45511	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	45502	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	45504	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	45502,45506,45511,45512,45513	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	45502	249
Purpurite ()*	Olivine	Mn³⁺(PO₄)	1	45511	80
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	45511	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	45502,45506,45511,45512,45513	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	45502,45506,45511,45512,45513	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	45502,45511	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	45502,45511	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	45502,45511	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	45502,45506,45511	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	45511	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	45511	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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