Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Baxoi Co. (Basu Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 225871
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225871.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baxoi Co. (Basu Co.), Qamdo Prefecture (Changdu Prefecture), Tibet, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Rawu
Tongka

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.

Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

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 Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Garnet None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Diopside ()*	Galena ()*	Kyanite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43893	2353
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	43893	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43892	24243
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	43893	1507
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43893	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	43893	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	43893	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	43893	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	43892	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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