Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Abdong Zr-Nb Deposit (Aptong; Apdong), Pyonggang-gun, Kangwon Province, North Korea

mindat Locality ID: 156723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156723.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abdong Zr-Nb Deposit (Aptong; Apdong), Pyonggang-gun, Kangwon Province, North Korea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Chevkinite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite
Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Diopside ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*
Ferro-ferri-katophorite ()*	Ferro-ferri-nybøite ()*	Ferro-richterite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Katophorite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	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: Al C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Bastnäsite Calcite Chevkinite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite
Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sapphirine
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	295
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	304
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	89
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	518
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	196
Ferro-ferri-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	6
Ferro-ferri-nybøite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	6
Ferro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	30
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	46
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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