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Locality Name:
Kobe City, Hyogo, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 157466
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157466.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kobe City, Hyogo, Japan": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Kita-ku
Nishi-ku
Nunobiki Reservoir
Rokko Mts
Rokko Tunnel

Latitude: 34°43'59"N
Longitude: 135°9'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.733055555556,135.16638888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArseniosideriteBerauniteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteLaueite
LipscombiteMicaMolybdeniteNonePentlanditePhosphosideritePyroxeneQuartzRockbridgeiteSpinel
StrunziteSymplesiteTitaniteVivianiteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Beraunite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)
Chlorapatite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Laueite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Metavivianite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mitridatite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Santabarbaraite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Strunzite  (*)Titanite  (*)Ushkovite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)374914,74915,749188803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1749181036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61749042060
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O274909,74910136
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O274909,74910280
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl174904203
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61749044135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)274914,749158173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21749159617
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31749045433
Laueite  (*)LaueiteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O17490970
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2374909,74910,7491347
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4274904,7491514899
Metavivianite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O17491026
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1749154924
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O374908,74909,74910129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21749045800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217491517380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)274914,749152349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81749041512
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O174910182
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2374914,74915,7491861156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)5374909,74910,74913206
Santabarbaraite  (*)NoneFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O17490821
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41749041934
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O274910,7491398
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1749144899
Ushkovite  (*)LaueiteMgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O274909,7491018
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O474908,74909,74910,74913636
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)274914,749155251


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