Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
An Phu (Anfu), Luc Yen, Yenbai Province (Yen Bai Province), Vietnam

mindat Locality ID: 179492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-179492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "An Phu (Anfu), Luc Yen, Yenbai Province (Yen Bai Province), Vietnam": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bai Cat
Cung Truoi Mine
Sungate Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Danburite	Feldspar	Humite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Rutile	Spinel	Tourmaline

Calcite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Corundum ()*	Danburite ()*	Dravite ()*
Edenite ()*	Graphite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sassolite ()*
Spinel ()*

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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Corundum Danburite Feldspar Humite Mica None Pyrite
Rutile Spinel Tourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	294886,294888	27770
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	294888	285
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	294886,294888	1797
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	1	294886	148
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		648
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		160
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	0		168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	294887	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	294887	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Sassolite ()*	None	B(OH)₃	1	294886	31
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3	294886,294887,294888	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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