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Locality Name:
Gaogang District, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China


mindat Locality ID: 216770
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216770.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gaogang District, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sixiangkou

Latitude: 32°25'57"N
Longitude: 119°51'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.4325,119.86611111111

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 Ca Cr Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CeriteCoronaditeCorundumCristobaliteGarnetIronNonePyroxeneRocksaltSpinel
Wadsleyite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Akimotoite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Iron  (*)Jadeite  (*)Lingunite  (*)Majorite  (*)Merrillite  (*)
Ringwoodite  (*)Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)Wadsleyite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Wüstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akimotoite  (*)CorundumMgSiO314126210
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41412623902
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2141262453
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61412624135
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6141262944
Iron  (*)IronFe1412621089
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6141262154
Lingunite  (*)CoronaditeNaAlSi3O81412629
Majorite  (*)GarnetMg3(MgSi)(SiO4)314126224
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7141262230
Ringwoodite  (*)SpinelSiMg2O414126225
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)141262703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1412621044
Wadsleyite  (*)WadsleyiteMg2SiO414126213
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6141262104
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO14126274



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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