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Locality Name:
Akesu Co. (Aksu Co.; Aqsu Co.), Akesu Prefecture (Aksu Prefecture; Aqsu Prefecture), Xinjiang, China


mindat Locality ID: 211957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211957.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Akesu Co. (Aksu Co.; Aqsu Co.), Akesu Prefecture (Aksu Prefecture; Aqsu Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aksu River Valley
Blueschist Outcrops
Heishan V Deposit
Tuoshigan River Valley

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 Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBlöditeClayIlvaiteNoneQuartzRocksaltSpinelStilpnomelane

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Blödite  (*)Deerite  (*)Eugsterite  (*)Halite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O144037130
Deerite  (*)NoneFe2+6Fe3+3(Si6O17)O3(OH)514403527
Eugsterite  (*)NoneNa4Ca(SO4)3·2H2O244034,4403732
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl244034,440371398
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)144035197
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414403514899
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214403561156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2144035375
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O144035456
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)244034,44037299


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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