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:
Nghe An Province (Nghe Tinh Province), Vietnam

Oldest recorded age at locality: 23
Youngest recorded age at locality: 20.3

mindat Locality ID: 208543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nghe An Province (Nghe Tinh Province), Vietnam": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ky Son District
Quy Chau District (Ke Bon; Phu Qui Chau)

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.

Beryl	Corundum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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 Be C Fe Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Corundum None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Beryl ()*	Corundum ()*	Graphite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	22.3	20.9	2	294807,294809	4286
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	23	20.3	5	294807,294808,294809,294810,294811	1797
Graphite ()*	None	C	23	20.3	1	294807	2812
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	23	20.3	1	294807	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	294806	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	23	20.3	1	294807	1934

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Alexandra-0365	22.7	21.5	22.1 ± 0.6	40Ar/39A	Age of marble	phlogopite	QC6	Phlogopite	250151	Doi San, Quy Chau District (Ke Bon; Phu Qui Chau), Nghe An Province (Nghe Tinh Province), Vietnam	Doi San	Garnier et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00063-3	CG188_33
Alexandra-0364	22.3	20.9	21.6 ± 0.7	40Ar/39A	Age of marble	phlogopite	QC2a	Phlogopite	250150	Doi Ty, Quy Chau District (Ke Bon; Phu Qui Chau), Nghe An Province (Nghe Tinh Province), Vietnam	Doi Ty	Garnier et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00063-3	CG188_33
Alexandra-0366	23	22	22.5 ± 0.5	40Ar/39A	Age of pegmatite	biotite	MC12		250152	Mo Coi, Quy Chau District (Ke Bon; Phu Qui Chau), Nghe An Province (Nghe Tinh Province), Vietnam	Mo Coi	Garnier et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00063-3	CG188_33
Alexandra-0367	21.7	20.3	21.0 ± 0.7	40Ar/39A	Age of schist	phlogopite	MC21	Phlogopite	250152	Mo Coi, Quy Chau District (Ke Bon; Phu Qui Chau), Nghe An Province (Nghe Tinh Province), Vietnam	Mo Coi	Garnier et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00063-3	CG188_33

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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