Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
China Sea, Pacific Ocean

mindat Locality ID: 216931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "China Sea, Pacific Ocean": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Qiongdongnan Basin
Taiwan Basin
Taiwan Strait

Latitude: 22°46'0"N
Longitude: 118°26'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.766666666667,118.445

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz

15 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	95187	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	95185,95187	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	95188	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	95188	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	95185	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	95185,95187,95188	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	95187,95188	9895
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	95187	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	95185	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	95187	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	95187	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	95187	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	95185,95187	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	95187,95188	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	95185,95188	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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