Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Taihu Co., Anqing, Anhui, China

mindat Locality ID: 187059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taihu Co., Anqing, Anhui, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lake Hualiangting
Shima

Latitude: 30°27'59"N
Longitude: 116°9'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.466388888889,116.15

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	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Talc	Titanite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Calcite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Coesite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Edenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Talc Titanite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	36903	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	36903	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	36903	3092
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36903	49
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	36903,36904	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	36903	1025
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	2	36902,36904	77
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36903	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	36903	4135
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36903	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	36903,36904	8173
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36903	54
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36903	286
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	36903	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	36903,36904	1507
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36903	238
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	36903,36904	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	2	36903,36904	229
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	36903	247
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36903	313
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	36904	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	36903,36904	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	36903,36904	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	36903	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	36902	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36903	2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36903	73
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	36903,36904	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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