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Locality Name:
Huqiu District, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China


mindat Locality ID: 230522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huqiu District, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Shananbang Ta-Nb Deposit
Suzhou China Clay Deposit

Latitude: 31°20'36"N
Longitude: 120°27'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.343333333333,120.45388888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O S Si Ta Th Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteClayColumbiteCorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaolinite
MicaNonePyritePyrophylliteQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTopazZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Doyleite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Hematite  (*)Halloysite-10Å  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1412448803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6141245966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14124527770
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6141244518
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)141245481
Doyleite  (*)NoneAl(OH)314124515
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21412449617
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3141245504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1412457437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1412456890
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)414124552
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314124514640
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O14124562
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41412455591
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1412451508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2241244,4124517380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1412452994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2241244,4124539462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2141245771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2241244,4124561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14124421482
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O614124499
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6141244211
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1412441006
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21412441476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1412445251


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