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Locality Name:
Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou, Hubei, China


mindat Locality ID: 216669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou, Hubei, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Suizhou Meteorite (Suizhou L6 Chondrite)

Latitude: 31°37'0"N
Longitude: 113°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.616666666667,113.46666666667
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 Ba Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCeriteChalcopyriteCopperCoronaditeCorundumGarnetIronNickelineNone
OlivinePalmieritePerovskitePost-spinelPyroxeneRocksaltSpinelWadsleyite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Akimotoite  (*)Asimowite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Copper  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Hemleyite  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Lingunite  (*)Majorite  (*)Merrillite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Ringwoodite  (*)Shenzhuangite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Tuite  (*)Wangdaodeite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Wüstite  (*)
Xieite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akimotoite  (*)CorundumMgSiO314001610
Asimowite  (*)WadsleyiteFe2SiO41400161
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214001627198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl140016203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41400163902
Copper  (*)CopperCu1400163846
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6140016944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1400161188
Hemleyite  (*)CorundumFeSiO31400161
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16140016243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31400165433
Iron  (*)IronFe1400161089
Lingunite  (*)CoronaditeNaAlSi3O81400169
Majorite  (*)GarnetMg3(MgSi)(SiO4)314001624
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7140016230
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3140016495
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81400169056
Ringwoodite  (*)SpinelSiMg2O414001625
Shenzhuangite  (*)ChalcopyriteNiFeS21400161
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)140016703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1400161044
Tuite  (*)PalmieriteCa3(PO4)21400167
Wangdaodeite  (*)CorundumFeTiO31400161
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6140016104
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO14001674
Xieite  (*)Post-spinelFeCr2O41400162


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R150063Suizhou Meteorite (Suizhou L6 Chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou, Hubei, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R150063
R150142Suizhou Meteorite (Suizhou L6 Chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou, Hubei, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R150142

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