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:
Fangcheng District, Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 216452
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216452.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fangcheng District, Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Qinzhou-Fangcheng Mn Ore Field
Sifangling Mine

Latitude: 21°53'22"N
Longitude: 108°11'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.889444444444,108.19027777778

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.

Braunite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite	None	Ramsdellite	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite

Braunite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Nsutite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Ba Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Braunite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite None Ramsdellite Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	38306	483
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	38306	599
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	38307	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	38306	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	38306	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	38306	243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	38306	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	38306	210
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	38306	1508
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	1	38306	121
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	38306	3106
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	38306	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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