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:
Changzhi, Shanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 232221
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232221.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Changzhi, Shanxi, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pingshun Co.
Qinyuan Co.

Latitude: 35°58'48"N
Longitude: 113°30'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.98,113.50722222222

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica
Nickeline	None	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Mica
Nickeline None Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Talc

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43130	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43131	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43130	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43130	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	43130	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	43131	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	43131	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43130	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	43130	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43130	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	43131,43132,43133,43134,43135	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43130	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43130	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	43130	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43130	9056
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43130	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43130	2562
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43130	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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