Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Anning Basin, Anning Co., Kunming, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 228800
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228800.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anning Basin, Anning Co., Kunming, Yunnan, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Anning Salt Mine

Latitude: 24°59'0"N
Longitude: 102°32'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.983333333333,102.54972222222

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.

Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt
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 C Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica None Not in a structural group Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	0		1588
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	0		195
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	0		481
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	44998	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	44998	1398
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	44998	223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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