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:
Bizen City, Okayama, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 228474
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228474.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bizen City, Okayama, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Itaya Mine
Mitsuishi
Ohira Imazaki Mine (Ohhira-Imazaki 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.

Chlorite	Clay	Diaspore	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite

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 Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chlorite Clay Diaspore None Pyrite Pyrophyllite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Diaspore ()*	Donbassite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Sudoite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	76083	481
Donbassite ()*	Clay Chlorite	Al₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂·Al_2.33(OH)₆	1	76082	16
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	76084	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	76082,76083,76084	771
Sudoite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₂Al₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₈	1	76084	51

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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