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:
Kamikawa-machi (Kamikawa-cho), Kodama-gun, Saitama, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 188763
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188763.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kamikawa-machi (Kamikawa-cho), Kodama-gun, Saitama, 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

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Garnet	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Spinel

Aragonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Grossular ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mcguinnessite ()*
Nakauriite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*

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 C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Garnet Malachite Nickeline None Pentlandite
Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	341
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Mcguinnessite ()*	Malachite	CuMg(CO₃)(OH)₂	34
Nakauriite ()*	None	Cu₈(SO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₆·48H₂O	12
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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