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:
Bainang Co. (Bailang Co.), Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture), Tibet, China

mindat Locality ID: 225990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bainang Co. (Bailang Co.), Xigazê Prefecture (Rikaze Prefecture; Shigatse Prefecture), Tibet, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zeolite Occurrences

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.

Clay	Corundum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite

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 K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Prehnite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43995	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43995	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	43995	1271
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	43995	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43995	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43995	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	43995	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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