Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yutian Co. (Keriye Co.), Hetian Prefecture (Khotan Prefecture; Hotan Prefecture; Hoten Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 229251
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229251.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yutian Co. (Keriye Co.), Hetian Prefecture (Khotan Prefecture; Hotan Prefecture; Hoten Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alamas Jade Deposit (Alamasi Jade Deposit)
Aqikekol Salt Lake (Aqike Salt Lake)

Latitude: 35°44'38"N
Longitude: 81°32'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.743888888889,81.546944444444

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.

Amphibole	Artinite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite

Anhydrite ()*	Artinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Natron ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Trona ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Artinite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Titanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

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)	1	44358	1588
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	1	44358	75
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44357	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44357	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	44357	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	44357	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44357	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	44357	1188
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	44357	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44357	14899
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O	1	44358	51
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	44357	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	44357	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	44357	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	44357	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44357	2562
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	44358	129

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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