Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xiangshan Pluton, Funing Co., Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 319.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 283.8

mindat Locality ID: 225257
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225257.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiangshan Pluton, Funing Co., Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China": 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	Corundum	None	Pyroxene	Spinel	Zircon

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 Fe H Mg Na O Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si Th Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Corundum None Pyroxene Spinel Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine-augite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Ferro-ferri-katophorite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Thorite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	319.6	283.8	286
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	319.6	283.8	295
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	319.6	283.8	129
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	319.6	283.8	57
Ferro-ferri-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	319.6	283.8	6
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	319.6	283.8	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	319.6	283.8	14899
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	319.6	283.8	1006
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	319.6	283.8	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002279	319.6	298.2	308.9±10.7	U-Pb			zircon				Zircon			225257	Xiangshan Pluton, Funing Co., Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China	Xiangshan Pluton	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
	Kristen002281	286.2	283.8	285±1.2				zircon				Zircon			225257	Xiangshan Pluton, Funing Co., Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China	Xiangshan Pluton	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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