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Locality Name:
Iwagi Island, Inland Sea (Setonaikai), Ehime, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 2178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iwagi Island, Inland Sea (Setonaikai), Ehime, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°15'40"N
Longitude: 133°8'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.261111111111,133.14638888889

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 Ce F Fe H K Li Na O P Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Na O P Si Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteApatiteBaratoviteClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMilariteNonePectolite
PyroxeneQuartzTitaniteZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Andradite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Katayamalite  (*)Microcline  (*)Murakamiite  (*)
Pectolite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sugilite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61456601022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1456608803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)145660706
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31456601534
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1456608173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1456602740
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6145660741
Katayamalite  (*)BaratoviteKLi3Ca7Ti2(SiO3)12(OH)21456602
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1456604924
Murakamiite  (*)PectoliteCa2LiSi3O8(OH)1456601
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)145660363
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566061156
Sugilite  (*)MilariteKNa2Fe3+2(Li3Si12)O3014566015
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1456604899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1456605251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Alexandra-010014566Cretaceous Age of intrusion      2178Iwagi Island, Inland Sea (Setonaikai), Ehime, JapanIwagi IslandMurakami et al. (1983)10.2465/minerj.11.261MJ11_261 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R120164Iwagi Island, Inland Sea (Setonaikai), Ehime, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R120164


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