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:
Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China

mindat Locality ID: 216359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216359.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yunxiao Co., Zhangzhou, Fujian, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tongbei

Latitude: 23°54'19"N
Longitude: 117°11'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.905277777778,117.19777777778

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.

Amorphous	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sodalite	Topaz	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Fluorite ()*
Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Spessartine ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Mica Milarite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Sodalite Topaz Tourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37504	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	37504	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	37504	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	37504	1756
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	37504	9617
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	37504	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	37504	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37504	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1	37504	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	37504	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37504	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	37504	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	37504	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	37504	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	37504	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	37504	1214
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	37504	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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