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:
Turfan Basin (Turpan Basin), Tulufan Co. (Turfan Co.; Turpan Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 211945
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211945.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turfan Basin (Turpan Basin), Tulufan Co. (Turfan Co.; Turpan Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Aydingkol Salt Lake (Aiding Salt Lake)
Hongqixiang
Huoyanshan

Latitude: 42°39'37"N
Longitude: 89°16'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.660277777778,89.268055555556

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.

Calcite	Carnallite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Langbeinite	None	Picromerite	Rocksalt	Syngenite

Bischofite ()*	Borax ()*	Carnallite ()*	Darapskite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Eugsterite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*
Kainite ()*	Langbeinite ()*	Leonite ()*	Löweite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Nitratine ()*	Picromerite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Syngenite ()*	Thénardite ()*

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: B Ca Cl H K Mg N Na O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Carnallite Epsomite Gypsum Hexahydrite Langbeinite None Picromerite Rocksalt Syngenite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	1	44451	42
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	44453	76
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	44451	132
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O	1	44453	31
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	44451	484
Eugsterite ()*	None	Na₄Ca(SO₄)₃·2H₂O	1	44452	32
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	44451	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	44451	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	44451	1398
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	44451	251
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	1	44451	50
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	1	44451	43
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	44451	24
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	1	44451	28
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	44451	223
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	1	44453	91
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	44451	44
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	44451	102
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	1	44451	44
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	2	44451,44452	299

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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