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:
Kawazu, Shizuoka, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 188851
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188851.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kawazu, Shizuoka, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ikadaba
Mine Hot Springs (Odoriko-onsen)
Nawaji Mine
Nawaji Quarry
Yanda

Latitude: 34°45'0"N
Longitude: 138°58'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.75,138.98305555556

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.

Acanthite	Analcime	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Gypsum	Malachite
Mica	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saponite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wairakite ()*

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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Analcime Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cristobalite Gypsum Malachite
Mica Mordenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	76479	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	76479	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	76477,76479,76481	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	76479,76481	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	76479	27198
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	76481	453
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	76479	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	76479	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	76479	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	3	76477,76479,76481	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	76479	12537
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	2	76477,76481	405
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	76479	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	76478,76479,76481	61156
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	76481	301
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	76479	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	76479	21482
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	1	76477	73

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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