Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Zhangzhou, Fujian, China

mindat Locality ID: 156618
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156618.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhangzhou, Fujian, China": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Changtai Co.
Hua'an Co.
Nanjing Co.
Pinghe Co.
Yunxiao Co.
Zhangpu Co.

Latitude: 24°24'26"N
Longitude: 117°33'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.407222222222,117.56555555556

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.

Amorphous	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Topaz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*

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 B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica Milarite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Topaz Tourmaline

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	37501,37504,37506	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	37504,37506	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	37494,37504	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	37494,37501	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	37504	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	37499	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	37499,37501	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	37504	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	37494,37501	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	37506	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	37497	7437
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	37504	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	37497,37504	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	37494,37497,37501	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37504	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1	37504	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	37497,37501,37504	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	37501,37504	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	37504	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	37494,37497,37501,37504	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	37494,37501	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	37494,37501,37504,37506	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	37501	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	37504	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	37504	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	37494,37497,37501	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	37504	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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