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Locality Name:
Shuyang Co., Suqian, Jiangsu, China


mindat Locality ID: 216767
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216767.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shuyang Co., Suqian, Jiangsu, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hanshan Quarry

Latitude: 34°13'30"N
Longitude: 118°58'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.225,118.96694444444

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 C Ca F Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteEpidoteKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyrophylliteQuartzRutileTopaz

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Chloritoid  (*)Epidote  (*)Graphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Topaz  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2141241376
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1412418173
Graphite  (*)NoneC1412412812
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41412415591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41412411507
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214124117380
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2141241247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214124139462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2141241771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214124161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21412415614
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21412411476
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)614124162
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1412411025



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