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:
West Taijinar Salt Lake (Xitaijinai'er Salt Lake), Lenghu Co., Haixi, Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 157232
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157232.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Taijinar Salt Lake (Xitaijinai'er Salt Lake), Lenghu Co., Haixi, Qinghai, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°42'0"N
Longitude: 93°23'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.7,93.383333333333

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.

Blödite	Carnallite	Epsomite	None	Picromerite	Rocksalt

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: B Cl H K Mg Na O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Cl H K Mg Na O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Blödite Carnallite Epsomite None Picromerite Rocksalt

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Blödite ()*	Borax ()*	Carnallite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Halite ()*
Picromerite ()*	Sylvite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	130
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	76
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	132
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	44
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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