Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wuhan, Hubei, China

mindat Locality ID: 189144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wuhan, Hubei, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Caidian District
Huangpi District
Jianghan District

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	Aphthitalite	Baryte	Bixbyite	Braunite	Brochantite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite
Corundum	Covellite	Dansite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melanterite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Sulphur
Syngenite	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Birnessite ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	D'ansite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Görgeyite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Löweite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sulphur ()*	Syngenite ()*	Talc ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vernadite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aphthitalite Baryte Bixbyite Braunite Brochantite Calcite Clay Copper Coronadite
Corundum Covellite Dansite Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Melanterite
Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Sulphur
Syngenite Talc

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	40021	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	40021	8803
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	40024	77
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	40019	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	40021	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	1	40021	178
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1	40021	104
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	40021	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	40019	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	40021	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	40019	5707
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	40019	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	40021	599
D'ansite ()*	Dansite	Na₂₁Mg(SO₄)₁₀Cl₃	1	40023	5
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	40021	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	40021	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	40019	30554
Görgeyite ()*	None	K₂Ca₅(SO₄)₆·H₂O	1	40023	11
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	40023	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	40023	1398
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	40021	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	40019,40021	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	40021	243
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	40021	172
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	40021	5591
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	1	40023	28
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	40021	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	40019	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	40019	915
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	40021	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40021	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	40021	2273
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	40019,40021	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	40019,40021	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	40021	177
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	40021	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	40021	969
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	40021	312
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	40021	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	40021	1214
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	40019	2045
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	1	40023	44
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40021	3337
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	40021	433
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	40021	2562
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	1	40021	65

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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