Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sampo Mine, Shitouyouze, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 2189
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2189.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sampo Mine, Shitouyouze, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Apophyllite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Corundum
Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Ilvaite	Löllingite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pavonite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wöhlerite

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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apophyllite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Corundum
Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Ilvaite Löllingite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pavonite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite
Titanite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wöhlerite

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Annite ()*
Annivite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinoferrosilite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Digenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrobustamite ()*	Ferrosilite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(Na) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Malayaite ()*	Manganbabingtonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pavonite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xonotlite ()*	Zeophyllite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	356
Annivite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆[Cu₄(Fe,Zn)₂](Bi,Sb,As)₄S₁₃	7
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	161
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinoferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	18
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	67
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferrobustamite ()*	Wollastonite	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	22
Ferrosilite ()*	Pyroxene	Fe²⁺₂Si₂O₆	84
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Fluorapophyllite-(Na) ()*	Apophyllite	NaCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	10
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	131
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	741
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	197
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆	73
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Malayaite ()*	Titanite	CaSnO(SiO₄)	40
Manganbabingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	6
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	72
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	456
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	109
Zeophyllite ()*	None	Ca₁₃Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂F₈·6H₂O	18

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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