Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Tawmaw (Tawhmaw; Taw Maw), Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District (Moe Hnyin District), Kachin State, Myanmar


mindat Locality ID: 16114
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16114.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tawmaw (Tawhmaw; Taw Maw), Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District (Moe Hnyin District), Kachin State, Myanmar": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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: Al Ba C Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Sn Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Sn Sr Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparHarmotomeNatroliteNonePyroxene
SerpentineSpinelTridymiteVesuvianite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Banalsite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Eckermannite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fabrièsite  (*)Ferro-katophorite  (*)
Glaucophane  (*)Graphite  (*)Harmotome  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jadeite  (*)
Katophorite  (*)Kosmochlor  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Nybøite  (*)Richterite  (*)Stronalsite  (*)Tin  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Trinepheline  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Winchite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Banalsite  (*)NoneNa2BaAl4Si4O16022
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Eckermannite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)205
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fabrièsite  (*)NoneNa3Al3Si3O12·2H2O01
Ferro-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2038
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)20286
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O0290
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O60154
Katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2046
Kosmochlor  (*)PyroxeneNaCr3+Si2O6013
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2079
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Nybøite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)208
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)20148
Stronalsite  (*)NoneNa2SrAl4Si4O16010
Tin  (*)NoneSn063
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Trinepheline  (*)NoneNaAlSiO401
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Winchite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)2051


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-84Tawmaw (Tawhmaw; Taw Maw), Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District (Moe Hnyin District), Kachin State, Myanmarhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-76-to-fkm-100/#FKM-84
R070117Tawmaw (Tawhmaw; Taw Maw), Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District (Moe Hnyin District), Kachin State, Myanmarhttps://rruff.info/R070117

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