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Locality Name:
Sumita-cho, Iwate, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 159517
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-159517.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sumita-cho, Iwate, Japan": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Matsumori Mine
Okunigiri
Setamai
Setamai Mine
Shimizusawa Mine
Tadagoshizawa

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Fe H K Mg O Pb Si Te W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteCalciteChloriteChloritoidClayFeldsparGarnetMeloniteMicaNone
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteTetradymite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Diopside  (*)Grossular  (*)Hessite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31752832353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe175280489
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5275277,752781310
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1752771036
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17527827770
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8275277,75283577
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2175278376
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61752774135
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3275277,752781544
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te175280804
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2275277,7527817380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2175280409
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2475277,75280,75281,7528261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)375280,75281,752824894
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4175280337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3175280276


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