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Locality Name:
Yamato Mine, Yamato-son (Yamato Village), Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 17063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17063.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yamato Mine, Yamato-son (Yamato Village), Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima, Japan": 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 As B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Sr Ti V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Sr Ti V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AxiniteBaryteBrackebuschiteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFeldspar
GarnetMalachiteMedaiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneOlivinePyriteQuartzRhodonite
Serpentine

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Goldmanite  (*)
Haradaite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Medaite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Nabiasite  (*)Palenzonaite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Tephroite  (*)Tiragalloite  (*)Tokyoite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2088
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)80173
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)0483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Goldmanite  (*)GarnetCa3V3+2(SiO4)3031
Haradaite  (*)NoneSrV4+Si2O703
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Medaite  (*)MedaiteMn2+6V5+Si5O18(OH)06
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Nabiasite  (*)NoneBaMn9(VO4)6(OH)205
Palenzonaite  (*)Garnet(NaCa2)Mn2+2(VO4)309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO30244
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO30147
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20253
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)0240
Tiragalloite  (*)NoneMn2+4As5+Si3O12(OH)015
Tokyoite  (*)BrackebuschiteBa2Mn3+(VO4)2OH09


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