Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xuyi Co., Huai'an, Jiangsu, China

mindat Locality ID: 216762
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216762.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xuyi Co., Huai'an, Jiangsu, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Guanzhen
Huangnishan Clay Deposit
Yongxiaoshan Sepiolite Deposit

Latitude: 33°6'11"N
Longitude: 118°22'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.103055555556,118.37916666667

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	Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Palygorskite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Tridymite

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*
Tridymite ()*

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:
Amorphous Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Mica None Palygorskite
Pyroxene Quartz Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite Tridymite

16 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	41167	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	41168	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	41168	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	41168	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	41167,41168	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	41167	286
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	41167,41168	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	41168,41169	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	41168	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	41168,41169	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	2	41168,41169	306
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	41168	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	41169	241
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	41167	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	41167	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	41168	458

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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