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Locality Name:
Okayama, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 22393
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22393.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Okayama, Japan": 94
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 52

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Akaiwa City
Ashitani Mine
Bizen City
Fukiyadani Mine
Hisaki Deposits
Horigoshi Mine
Ibara City
Kaga District
Katsuyama
Kenzan Mine
Kume-gun
Kurashiki City
Mimasaka City
Misaki-cho
Mito-cho
Niimi City
Oda District
Ogiyama Mine
Okayama City
Rissho Mine
Soja City
Takahashi City
Tomata District
Tsuyama City
Wake-gun

Latitude: 34°48'18"N
Longitude: 133°48'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.805,133.805
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg In K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenic
ArsenopyriteAutuniteBaddeleyiteBaryteBerylBournoniteBrochantiteBruciteCalciteCaledonite
CalzirtiteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovellite
CristobaliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEttringiteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnet
GermaniteGypsumIlvaiteKaoliniteLöllingiteLawsoniteMalachiteMarcasiteMeliliteMelonite
MeneghiniteMicaMiniumMixiteMolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PavonitePectolitePentlanditePerovskitePharmacosideritePrehnitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSchoepiteSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelSpurrite-Afwillite
StanniteStannoiditeStibniteStilpnomelaneTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteTobermorite
TridymiteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtziteWöhleriteZirconhauchecornite

222 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Afwillite  (*)Aguilarite  (*)
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)
Annite  (*)Annivite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Baghdadite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bicchulite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutohauchecornite  (*)Borcarite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brucite  (*)Bultfonteinite  (*)Buryatite  (*)
Cahnite  (*)Calciborite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Calzirtite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Charlesite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinoferrosilite  (*)Clinotobermorite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Colusite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Datolite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Donbassite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Esseneite  (*)Ferrobustamite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Foshagite  (*)
Frolovite  (*)Fukalite  (*)Galena  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Henmilite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hexahydroborite  (*)
Hillebrandite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)
Inyoite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jennite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)
Johnbaumite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Kilchoanite  (*)Kinoite  (*)Kosmochlor  (*)
Köttigite  (*)Kurchatovite  (*)Kusachiite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lawsonite  (*)
Legrandite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Malayaite  (*)Manganbabingtonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Melonite  (*)
Meneghinite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metaschoepite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Miharaite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Morimotoite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nifontovite  (*)Nukundamite  (*)Numanoite  (*)
Okayamalite  (*)Olshanskyite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Oyelite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasibirskite  (*)Pavonite  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Pentahydroborite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pigeonite  (*)Plombièrite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Priceite  (*)Proto-anthophyllite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rankinite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Roquesite  (*)Roweite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scawtite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schoepite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Shimazakiite  (*)Sibirskite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillénite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Solongoite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spurrite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stannoidite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Stringhamite  (*)Stronalsite  (*)Sudoite  (*)
Takedaite  (*)Talc  (*)Talnakhite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Tilleyite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tobermorite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uralborite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)Zeophyllite  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1761062793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2270270676103,76118,76123,76126,76147,761573419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)176126254
Afwillite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa3[SiO4][SiO2(OH)2]·2H2O25266276091,7614541
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS87.981.117609287
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)27081.1676090,76103,76123,76140,76147,761688803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31761472353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe27081.1276091,76103489
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1761231627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)325266376145,76147,761571534
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2176147356
Annivite  (*)TetrahedriteCu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2](Bi,Sb,As)4S131761477
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)276119,761471036
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2270270176103718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1761263250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS27066676103,76105,76126,76145,76147,761579052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6270270676103,76118,76119,76124,76167,761682060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6176126919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)287.981.1276091,761335509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)176147161
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO225266176145238
Baghdadite  (*)WöhleriteCa6Zr2(Si2O7)2O4252661761458
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)27027017610311547
Bicchulite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteCa2Al2SiO6(OH)2252661761456
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi270270376103,76118,761471966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3270270376103,76118,761471935
Bismutohauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9Bi2S887.981.11760917
Borcarite  (*)NoneCa4MgB4O6(CO3)2(OH)6252661761456
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS427066776091,76092,76103,76109,76145,76147,761645516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11270270176103843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32702701761031089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)625266276126,761451633
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)225266176145462
Bultfonteinite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa2SiO3(OH)F·H2O25266276091,7614520
Buryatite  (*)EttringiteCa3(Si,Fe3+,Al)(SO4)B(OH)4(OH,O)6·12H2O252661761452
Cahnite  (*)ZirconCa2B(AsO4)(OH)42526617614513
Calciborite  (*)NoneCaB2O4252661761452
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)270661376086,76099,76103,76106,76112,76118,76128,76134,76141,76145,76147,76152,7615727770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6176133359
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O162526617614532
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO28881.2376105,76109,761475171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1761264979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S252661761455707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2270661676086,76091,76092,76103,76105,76106,76109,76112,76115,76118,76133,76145,76147,76156,76157,7615827198
Charlesite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)2B(OH)4(OH,O)12·26H2O252661761459
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41761283902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1761712600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe176109281
Clinoferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O617614718
Clinotobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)252661761456
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1761471025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS176147966
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O276100,76152566
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S16270270176103110
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)25266176145363
Copper  (*)CopperCu1761333846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182702701761031008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1761094165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2176154453
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S387.981.1176091802
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O17610058
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F425266276145,7614767
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)25266176145498
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)176083481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4176137651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1761471027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O625266476123,76124,76145,761674135
Donbassite  (*)Clay ChloriteAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2·Al2.33(OH)617608216
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6176124944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)27066776090,76092,76103,76123,76130,76145,761478173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O176156814
Esseneite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe3+AlSiO62526617614517
Ferrobustamite  (*)WollastoniteCaFe2+Si2O617614722
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O617614784
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F252661761452740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O176147303
Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)ApophylliteNaCa4Si8O20F·8H2O17614710
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF225266676086,76109,76141,76145,76147,761529617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)276123,761281188
Foshagite  (*)NoneCa4(SiO3)3(OH)22526617614519
Frolovite  (*)NoneCa[B(OH)4]2252661761453
Fukalite  (*)NoneCa4Si2O6(CO3)(OH)225266276091,761458
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS27081.1876091,76092,76099,76103,76106,76109,76133,7614724243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O725266176145114
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3176137504
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS176147131
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2176123286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1761477437
Gold  (*)CopperAu27081.1276092,7610330554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS87.981.1276091,76163717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)325266476123,76128,76145,761471544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O276147,761566890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2276147,76158209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O687.981.1376092,76130,76147741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O325266376109,76145,7615414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1761261689
Henmilite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2Cu[B(OH)4]2(OH)4252661761451
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4376147,76167,76168407
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te87.981.1276091,76092804
Hexahydroborite  (*)NoneCa[B(OH)4]2·2H2O252661761453
Hillebrandite  (*)NoneCa2SiO3(OH)22526617614517
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O176126144
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O2526617614585
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3270270376103,76147,761675433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)176147197
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O2526617614534
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6176123154
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14270270176103784
Jennite  (*)NoneCa9(Si3O9)2(OH)6·8H2O2526617614518
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O6276099,7614773
Johnbaumite  (*)ApatiteCa5(AsO4)3(OH)252661761458
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O176100198
Kilchoanite  (*)NoneCa6(SiO4)(Si3O10)252661761459
Kinoite  (*)NoneCa2Cu2Si3O10·2H2O2526617614517
Kosmochlor  (*)PyroxeneNaCr3+Si2O617612313
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O17612660
Kurchatovite  (*)NoneCaMgB2O5252661761453
Kusachiite  (*)MiniumCu2+Bi3+2O4252661761452
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O87.981.11760901271
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O176123121
Legrandite  (*)NoneZn2(AsO4)(OH)·H2O17612620
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs225266276145,76147762
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4270270176103229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42702701376086,76103,76112,76115,76118,76119,76123,76128,76130,76147,76157,76167,7616814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)287.981.1276091,7614712537
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)17614740
Manganbabingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Mn2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1761476
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21761475674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS817610992
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe287.981.1176091207
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24270270176103158
Mercury  (*)NoneHg176171397
Metaschoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)8O2(OH)12·10H2O17610017
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O8881.2176105182
Miharaite  (*)NonePbCu4FeBiS687.981.1276092,7616419
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS28881.21761055800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1761471508
Morimotoite  (*)GarnetCa3(TiFe2+)(SiO4)3252661761456
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2270270576103,76118,76123,76141,7614717380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1761231236
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se87.981.1276092,76109192
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)25266276145,76168884
Nifontovite  (*)NoneCa3[BO(OH)2]6·2H2O252661761455
Nukundamite  (*)NoneCu3.4Fe0.6S417610916
Numanoite  (*)NoneCa4CuB4O6(OH)6(CO3)2252661761451
Okayamalite  (*)MeliliteCa2B2SiO7252661761452
Olshanskyite  (*)NoneCa2[B3O3(OH)6]OH·3H2O252661761453
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6176123229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O276099,761002994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)270270376103,76141,761472349
Oyelite  (*)NoneCa5BSi4O13(OH)3·4H2O252661761457
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS176147767
Parasibirskite  (*)NoneCa2B2O5·H2O252661761451
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S517614772
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)176123363
Pentahydroborite  (*)NoneCaB2O(OH)6·2H2O252661761455
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81761281512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO325266176145495
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O176126428
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2276123,761472273
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6176124303
Plombièrite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O16(OH)2(H2O)2·(Ca·5H2O)2526617614528
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)225266376123,76145,761471898
Priceite  (*)NoneCa2B5O7(OH)5·H2O2526617614533
Proto-anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)21761284
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2270661376084,76086,76092,76103,76109,76112,76115,76118,76119,76126,76145,76147,7615739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1761331725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2576082,76083,76084,76137,76171771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82702701076086,76103,76106,76112,76115,76118,76147,76156,76157,761589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO227081.11576086,76090,76099,76103,76105,76106,76109,76112,76118,76124,76126,76147,76152,76157,7616461156
Rankinite  (*)NoneCa3Si2O72526617614525
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)276087,76099969
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS217610946
Roweite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+2B4O7(OH)6252661761454
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te427027017610364
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2270270376103,76118,761235614
Scawtite  (*)NoneCa7(Si3O9)2(CO3)·2H2O2526617614525
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1761474894
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)617610094
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O8881.2276105,761261153
Shimazakiite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2B2O5252661761451
Sibirskite  (*)NoneCaH(BO3)252661761453
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1761096417
Sillénite  (*)NoneBi12SiO202526617614526
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)276126,761472473
Solongoite  (*)NoneCa2B3O4(OH)4Cl252661761452
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27081.11376085,76086,76092,76099,76103,76106,76112,76115,76118,76126,76133,76147,7616321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41761231934
Spurrite  (*)Spurrite-AfwilliteCa5(SiO4)2(CO3)25266276091,7614554
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4276109,76147668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S1217610980
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O276123,76147456
Stringhamite  (*)NoneCaCu(SiO4)·H2O252661761458
Stronalsite  (*)NoneNa2SrAl4Si4O1617612310
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)817608451
Takedaite  (*)NoneCa3B2O6252661761451
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21761283337
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S162526617614535
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13270270376103,76109,761471803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO252661761451101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1325266276109,761455317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O25266176145183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O176123452
Tilleyite  (*)NoneCa5Si2O7(CO3)22526617614519
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O25266376123,76145,761474899
Tobermorite  (*)TobermoriteCa4Si6O17(H2O)2·(Ca·3H2O)25266176145114
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O176099433
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1761001059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2276123,761282562
Uralborite  (*)NoneCaB2O2(OH)4252661761452
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21761522718
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3276123,76128212
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1025266376123,76145,761471395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O25266176145636
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS387.981.1376091,76092,76147297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO325266276145,761471247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41761631655
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)225266376091,76145,76147109
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O2526617614584
Zeophyllite  (*)NoneCa13Si10O28(OH)2F8·6H2O17614718
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O8881.2176105185
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)25266376123,76141,761455251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0043Mesozoic monzodiorite intrudes paleozoic marine limestone


4 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
Kristen00193087.981.184.5±3.4K-Ar muscovite6910-96  Muscovite  230640Ibara City, Okayama, JapanIbaraShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
vms-00579270270Permian       S69573Yanahara Mine (Yanahara Mining District), Misaki-cho, Kume-gun, Okayama, JapanYanaharaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
Kristen0019318881.284.6±3.4K-Ar muscovite70TO-290  Muscovite  144101Miyoshi Mine, Kurashiki City, Okayama, JapanMiyoshiShibata and Ishihara (1974)10.2113/gsecongeo.69.8.1207EG69_1207 
Michelle_004325266Mesozoic Age of intrusion      2202Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, JapanFuka MineSatish Kumar et al. (2004)10.2465/jmps.99.328JMPS99_328Age of monzodiorite intrusion

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-140Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-126-to-fkm-150/#FKM-140
FKM-183Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-176-to-fkm-200/#FKM-183
R060591Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R060591
R060257Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R060257
R060685Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R060685
R120121Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R120121
R061140Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R061140
R120122Fuka Mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho (Bitchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama, Japanhttps://rruff.info/R120122

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