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Locality Name:
Xiaoyanzhuang, Qiaocheng District, Bozhou, Anhui, China


mindat Locality ID: 216317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiaoyanzhuang, Qiaocheng District, Bozhou, Anhui, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Boxian Meteorite

Latitude: 33°49'59"N
Longitude: 115°49'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.833055555556,115.83277777778

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCalciteCeriteCopperCorundumCristobaliteFeldsparIronMilariteNone
OlivinePentlanditePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSpinelTridymiteWadsleyite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)
Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Magnesioferrite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roedderite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)Wadsleyite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Wüstite  (*)
Zhanghengite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61369422060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13694227770
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl136942203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41369423902
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O613694294
Copper  (*)CopperCu1369423846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31369421797
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2136942453
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61369424135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21369429895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6136942944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1369421188
Graphite  (*)NoneC1369422812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31369425433
Iron  (*)IronFe1369421089
Magnesioferrite  (*)SpinelMgFe3+2O413694298
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413694214899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7136942230
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)136942884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1369422349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81369421512
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6136942303
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213694261156
Roedderite  (*)MilariteKNaMg2(Mg3Si12)O3013694230
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41369421934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)136942703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1369421044
Wadsleyite  (*)WadsleyiteMg2SiO413694213
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6136942104
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO13694274
Zhanghengite  (*)IronCuZn1369426



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