Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Gotoh Archipelago, Nagasaki, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 212891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212891.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gotoh Archipelago, Nagasaki, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fukue Island (Fukuejima)
Kuroshima Volcano
Naru Island (Narushima)

Latitude: 32°39'59"N
Longitude: 128°46'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.666388888889,128.77916666667

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.

Andalusite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz

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 Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Clay Corundum Diaspore Dumortierite Kaolinite None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	75874	1310
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	75874	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	75874	481
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	75874	231
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	75875	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	75874	5591
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	75876	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	75874	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	75874,75876	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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