Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Lantian Co., Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 156638
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156638.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lantian Co., Xi'an, Shaanxi, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lantian Mine
Yuchuan Jade Quarry

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Talc	Zippeite

Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Liebigite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranopilite ()*	Zippeite ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite Mica
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Talc Zippeite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	42766	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	42765,42766	27770
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	42765	310
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	42766	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	42766	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	42766	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	42765	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	42766	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	42765	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	42765	5591
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	1	42765	78
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	42765	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42766	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	42765	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	42765,42766	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42766	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	42766	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	42765	2718
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O	1	42765	94
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	1	42765	175

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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