Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Laibin, Guangxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 157812
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157812.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laibin, Guangxi, China": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Heshan Co.
Wuxuan Co.
Xiangzhou Co.
Xingbin District

Latitude: 23°44'31"N
Longitude: 109°45'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.741944444444,109.76083333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corundum Kaolinite Marcasite
Millerite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	38529	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	38527,38528,38529,38530,38532,38534,38535,38536	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	38531	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	38527,38528,38529,38530	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	38527,38528,38529,38530	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	38523	2600
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	38526	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	38527,38528,38529,38530,38532,38537	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	38525,38527,38528,38529,38530,38532,38537	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	38539,38540	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	38539	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	38529	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	38523	1066
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	1	38539	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	38523,38527,38528,38529,38530,38532	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	38531,38539,38540	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	38529	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	38527,38528,38529,38530,38535,38539	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	38523,38525,38527,38528,38529,38530,38532,38537	21482
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	38539	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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