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Locality Name:
Laiwu, Shandong, China


mindat Locality ID: 195065
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195065.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laiwu, Shandong, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gangcheng District
Laicheng District

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMalachite
MarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelTitaniteWurtziteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Moissanite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1430118803
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2243010,430125509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41430125516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14301227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1430125707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2343007,43010,4301227198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1430072600
Copper  (*)CopperCu243010,430123846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1430122970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6243011,430124135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2243011,430129895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)243010,430128173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2243007,430109617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS243007,4301024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3343007,43010,4301214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3243007,430105433
Lead  (*)CopperPb243007,43010192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4443007,43010,43011,4301214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2343007,43010,4301212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21430075674
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC243007,4301057
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21430105800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1430112349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2343008,43011,430122273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2343007,43010,4301239462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2243007,430105614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O243007,430104899
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O143012652
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)243007,430105251



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