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Locality Name:
Maobei, Donghai Co., Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China


mindat Locality ID: 221208
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221208.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maobei, Donghai Co., Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
CCSD Main Hole
Maobei Mine

Latitude: 34°23'3"N
Longitude: 118°42'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.384166666667,118.70777777778

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGarnetHumiteIronMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinelTitaniteWurtziteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aluminium  (*)Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Chromium  (*)
Clinohumite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coesite  (*)Copper  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Moissanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickel  (*)
Omphacite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Taenite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Wüstite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61411761022
Aluminium  (*)CopperAl14117627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31411761534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61411762060
Chromium  (*)IronCr14117626
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2141176236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1411771025
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO214117677
Copper  (*)CopperCu1411763846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61411764135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)241176,411778173
Gold  (*)CopperAu14117630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314117614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3241176,411775433
Iron  (*)IronFe1411761089
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4241176,411771507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4241176,4117714899
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC14117657
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2241176,4117717380
Nickel  (*)CopperNi14117657
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6241176,41177229
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2241176,4117739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2241176,4117761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2241176,411775614
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)141176703
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O241176,411774899
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO14117674
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1411775251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)241176,411771025



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