Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Xin'an Co., Luoyang, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 195079
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195079.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xin'an Co., Luoyang, Henan, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Daimeizhai Fe Deposit
Xin'an Bauxite Field

Latitude: 34°56'9"N
Longitude: 112°1'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.935833333333,112.03166666667

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.

Brookite	Calcite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brookite Calcite Chloritoid Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	39652	2162
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	39652	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	39652	27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	39652	376
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	2	39651,39652	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	39652	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	39649,39652	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	39649,39652	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	39652	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	39652	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39652	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39652	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	39652,39654	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	39652	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	39652	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	39652	6417
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	39652	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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