Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Nine Springs Area, Sunan Co., Zhangye, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 216386
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216386.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nine Springs Area, Sunan Co., Zhangye, Gansu, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Blueschist Outcrops

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Lawsonite	Mica	None
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Lawsonite Mica None
Quartz Rutile Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37824	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	37824	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	37824	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37824	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37824	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37824	286
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	37824	121
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37824	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37824	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	37824	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	37824	5614
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37824	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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