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Locality Name:
Iwaizumi-cho, Shimohei District, Iwate, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 209238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iwaizumi-cho, Shimohei District, Iwate, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hijikuzu Mine

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorundumFeldsparGarnet
NickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSpinelTourmaline
Wollastonite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Bementite  (*)Braunite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Neotocite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21752553419
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6175255286
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS175255312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1752558803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31752551534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21752553092
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8175255173
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)175255483
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2175255101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17525527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217525527198
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16175255599
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6175255741
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417525514899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1752554924
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)175255186
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1752552349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217525539462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3175255244
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3175255147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81752559056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217525561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1752551711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)175255969
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1752552705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31752551214
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)175255240



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