Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kiryu City, Gunma, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 227830
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227830.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kiryu City, Gunma, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kurokawa Mine
Mogurazawa Mine
Shohwa Mine (Showa Mine)

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.

Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Digenite	Garnet	Humite	Mica	None
Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Alabandite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cymrite ()*	Digenite ()*	Galaxite ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Helvine ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Manganosite ()*	Nagashimalite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrochroite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Roscoelite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Suzukiite ()*	Tephroite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wiserite ()*

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 As B Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O S Sb Si Ti V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Digenite Garnet Humite Mica None
Olivine Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sodalite Spinel Tetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	2	74549,74550	312
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	74549	77
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	74549	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	74550	173
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	74549	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	74549	27770
Cymrite ()*	None	Ba(Si,Al)₄(O,OH)₈·H₂O	1	74549	46
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	74549	1027
Galaxite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Al₂O₄	1	74550	43
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	3	74548,74549,74550	350
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	74549	237
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	74548,74549	172
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	1	74549	73
Nagashimalite ()*	None	Ba₄(V³⁺,Ti)₄(O,OH)₂[B₂Si₈O₂₇]Cl	1	74549	2
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	74549	767
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂	1	74549	56
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	74549	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	3	74548,74549,74550	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	74548,74549	969
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	74549	253
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	74549	1214
Suzukiite ()*	None	BaV⁴⁺Si₂O₇	1	74549	4
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2	74548,74549	240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	74549	5317
Wiserite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₁₄(B₂O₅)₄(OH)₈·(Si,Mg)(O,OH)₄Cl	2	74549,74550	15

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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