Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pingdingshan, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 187321
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187321.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pingdingshan, Henan, China": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Baofeng Co.
Lushan Co.
Ruzhou Co. (Linru Co.)
Wugang Co.

Latitude: 34°4'37"N
Longitude: 112°52'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.076944444444,112.87805555556

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	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Baryte ()*	Böhmite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinoferrosilite ()*
Copper ()*	Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kassite ()*	Lead ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tschermakite ()*
Zinc ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Titanite

41 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)	2	39732,39734	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	39724,39729	2353
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	39723	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	39733	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	39732	708
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	39734	11547
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	39719	195
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	39719,39724,39732,39734	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	39732,39734	27198
Clinoferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	1	39724	18
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	39732	3846
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	2	39726,39727	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	39724,39732	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	39732,39733,39734	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	39724,39732,39733	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	39732	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	39721,39732	9617
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	39732,39733	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	39733	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	39729	2812
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	39732	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	39719,39724,39732,39733,39734,39736	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	39719	5591
Kassite ()*	None	CaTi₂O₄(OH)₂	1	39729	10
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	39732	192
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39724	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	39724,39732,39733,39734,39736	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39732	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	39719	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	39719,39734	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39729	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	39724,39732	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	39719,39732,39733,39734	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	39733	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	39721,39722,39724,39732,39733,39734	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	39733	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	39732,39734	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	39732	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	39732,39734	2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39724	73
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	1	39732	52

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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