Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Niigata City, Niigata, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 227719
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227719.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niigata City, Niigata, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hirotani Mine
Maze (Mazé)

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.

Analcime	Calcite	Erionite	Harmotome	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rutile
Thomsonite

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 C Ca H K Mn Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Erionite Harmotome Mordenite Natrolite None Quartz Ramsdellite Rutile
Thomsonite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Analcime ()*	Calcite ()*	Erionite-Ca ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Manganite ()*
Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsdellite ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	75980	1627
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	75980	27770
Erionite-Ca ()*	Erionite	Ca₅[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O	1	75980	31
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	1	75980	167
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	75979	770
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	75980	405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	75980	1236
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	75980	75
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	75980	61156
Ramsdellite ()*	Ramsdellite	MnO₂	1	75979	88
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	75980	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070353	Maze (Mazé), Niigata City, Niigata, Japan	https://rruff.info/R070353
R061110	Maze (Mazé), Niigata City, Niigata, Japan	https://rruff.info/R061110

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