Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rendaiji, Shimoda City, Shizuoka, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1.79
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.1

mindat Locality ID: 212182
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212182.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rendaiji, Shimoda City, Shizuoka, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kawazu Mine (Rendaiji Mine; Rendaizi Mine)

Latitude: 34°41'57"N
Longitude: 138°55'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.699166666667,138.92194444444

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Diaspore	Digenite
Dugganite	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Stannite	Stannoidite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Wavellite	Wollastonite
Wurtzite	Zemannite

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H In K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Devilline Diaspore Digenite
Dugganite Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Melonite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Stannite Stannoidite Stibnite Sulphur Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Turquoise Wavellite Wollastonite
Wurtzite Zemannite

124 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aleksite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*
Antlerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Aurorite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bohdanowiczite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cannonite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervelleite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Colusite ()*
Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*
Devilline ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dugganite ()*	Dzhalindite ()*
Emmonsite ()*	Empressite ()*	Faustite ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goldfieldite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hemusite ()*	Hessite ()*	Idaite ()*	Inesite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kawazulite ()*	Kësterite ()*
Kinichilite ()*	Kintoreite ()*	Kostovite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Langite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nagyágite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Nekrasovite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Paraguanajuatite ()*	Paratellurite ()*
Parnauite ()*	Petzite ()*	Poubaite ()*	Poughite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rajite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Rickardite ()*	Roquesite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sonoraite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spiroffite ()*
Stannoidite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Teineite ()*	Tellurite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Waylandite ()*	Willemite ()*
Wittichenite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zemannite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1.79	1.1	1	76512	2793
Aleksite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₂S₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	28
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	470
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1.79	1.1	1	76512	2734
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1.79	1.1	1	76512	246
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1.79	1.1	1	76512	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	919
Aurorite ()*	None	Mn²⁺Mn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	22
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1.79	1.1	1	76512	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	413
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1.79	1.1	1	76512	1935
Bohdanowiczite ()*	None	AgBiSe₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	41
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1.79	1.1	1	76512	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	1633
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	101
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	280
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1.79	1.1	1	76512	27770
Cannonite ()*	None	Bi₂O(SO₄)(OH)₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	26
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	88
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1.79	1.1	1	76512	4979
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	1.79	1.1	1	76512	42
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1.79	1.1	1	76512	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1.79	1.1	1	76512	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	3531
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	110
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1.79	1.1	1	76512	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	310
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	366
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1.79	1.1	1	76512	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	300
Dugganite ()*	Dugganite	Pb₃Zn₃(TeO₆)(AsO₄)₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	18
Dzhalindite ()*	Perovskite	In(OH)₃	1.79	1.1	1	76512	16
Emmonsite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·2H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	34
Empressite ()*	None	AgTe	1.79	1.1	1	76512	43
Faustite ()*	Turquoise	ZnAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	24
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1.79	1.1	1	76512	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	1.79	1.1	1	76512	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1.79	1.1	1	76512	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1.79	1.1	1	76512	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	1.79	1.1	1	76512	72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1.79	1.1	1	76512	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	1689
Hemusite ()*	Sphalerite	Cu¹⁺₄Cu²⁺₂SnMoS₈	1.79	1.1	1	76512	7
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1.79	1.1	1	76512	804
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1.79	1.1	1	76512	142
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	50
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	2228
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	73
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1.79	1.1	1	76512	5591
Kawazulite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂Se	1.79	1.1	1	76512	32
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	1.79	1.1	1	76512	82
Kinichilite ()*	Zemannite	Mg_0.5Mn²⁺Fe³⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·4.5H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	2
Kintoreite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	41
Kostovite ()*	None	AuCuTe₄	1.79	1.1	1	76512	21
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	1.79	1.1	1	76512	111
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	593
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	1271
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1.79	1.1	1	76512	770
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	17380
Nagyágite ()*	None	[Pb₃(Pb,Sb)₃S₆](Au,Te)₃	1.79	1.1	1	76512	67
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1.79	1.1	1	76512	192
Nekrasovite ()*	Germanite Sphalerite	Cu₁₃VSn₃S₁₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	11
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1.79	1.1	1	76512	186
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	2994
Paraguanajuatite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Se₃	1.79	1.1	1	76512	9
Paratellurite ()*	Rutile	TeO₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	20
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	105
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	409
Poubaite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂(Se,Te,S)₄	1.79	1.1	1	76512	6
Poughite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₂(SO₄)·3H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	12
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1.79	1.1	1	76512	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	61156
Rajite ()*	None	CuTe⁴⁺₂O₅	1.79	1.1	1	76512	2
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1.79	1.1	1	76512	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1.79	1.1	1	76512	969
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	52
Roquesite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuInS₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	46
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	454
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1.79	1.1	1	76512	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1.79	1.1	1	76512	2473
Sonoraite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)(OH)·H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	11
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1.79	1.1	1	76512	21482
Spiroffite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₂Te⁴⁺₃O₈	1.79	1.1	1	76512	4
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	80
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1.79	1.1	1	76512	332
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	1.79	1.1	1	76512	92
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1.79	1.1	1	76512	2045
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	105
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1.79	1.1	1	76512	337
Teineite ()*	None	Cu²⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	14
Tellurite ()*	None	TeO₂	1.79	1.1	1	76512	52
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1.79	1.1	1	76512	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1.79	1.1	1	76512	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1.79	1.1	1	76512	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1.79	1.1	1	76512	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1.79	1.1	1	76512	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1.79	1.1	1	76512	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	433
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	484
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	374
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	1.79	1.1	1	76512	31
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1.79	1.1	1	76512	303
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1.79	1.1	1	76512	297
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1.79	1.1	1	76512	95
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1.79	1.1	1	76512	372
Zemannite ()*	Zemannite	Mg_0.5ZnFe³⁺(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·nH₂O (3≤n≤4.5)	1.79	1.1	1	76512	7

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Mo-00118	1.79	1.1		K-Ar								Hemusite, Molybdenite	Mo	10178	Kawazu Mine (Rendaiji Mine; Rendaizi Mine), Rendaiji, Shimoda City, Shizuoka, Japan		Shimizu et al. (1988)	10.2465/minerj.14.92	MJ14_92

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061011	Kawazu Mine (Rendaiji Mine; Rendaizi Mine), Rendaiji, Shimoda City, Shizuoka, Japan	https://rruff.info/R061011

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