Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kami City, Kochi, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 218310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kami City, Kochi, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Arase Mine
Matsuo Mine
Nirou Mine (Niro Mine)
Shigetou Mine
Zaisho Meteorite

Latitude: 33°42'0"N
Longitude: 133°48'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.7,133.8

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	Axinite	Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Descloizite	Humite	None	Olivine
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Zircon

Alleghanyite ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Bementite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caryopilite ()*	Chromite ()*	Farringtonite ()*	Ganophyllite ()*	Greenalite ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganosite ()*
Pyrobelonite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Sonolite ()*	Stanfieldite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Strontianite ()*
Tephroite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wakefieldite-(Nd) ()*

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 B C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nd Ni O P Pb S Si Sr V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Axinite Braunite Calcite Clay Corundum Descloizite Humite None Olivine
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Spinel Stilpnomelane Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	75472	77
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	75473	88
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	3	75471,75472,75473	173
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	75473	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	75471,75473	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	75471,75472,75473	83
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	75475	3902
Farringtonite ()*	None	Mg₃(PO₄)₂	1	75475	7
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)	2	75472,75473	45
Greenalite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)_2-3Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	75473	61
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	75472	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	75471	14640
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	75472	172
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	75471,75472	14899
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	1	75473	73
Pyrobelonite ()*	Descloizite	PbMn²⁺VO₄(OH)	1	75471	21
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	75474	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	75472,75473	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	3	75471,75472,75473	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	75472,75473	969
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	75475	374
Sonolite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	1	75472	50
Stanfieldite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg₅(PO₄)₆	1	75475	14
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	75472	456
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	75473	589
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	75472	240
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	75475	1044
Wakefieldite-(Nd) ()*	Zircon	NdVO₄	1	75471	2

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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