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Locality Name:
Chuanying District, Jilin, Jilin, China


mindat Locality ID: 233405
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233405.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chuanying District, Jilin, Jilin, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jilin Meteorite (Jilin H5 Chondrite)

Latitude: 44°2'59"N
Longitude: 126°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.049722222222,126.16666666667

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 Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteCorundumCristobaliteFeldsparIronNickelineNone
OlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutileSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelWurtziteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Diopside  (*)Forsterite  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iron  (*)Moissanite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Taenite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)
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)1417258803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14172527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214172527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41417253902
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O614172594
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2141725453
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61417254135
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1417251188
Graphite  (*)NoneC1417252812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31417255433
Iron  (*)IronFe1417251089
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC14172557
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1417252349
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6141725303
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214172539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81417259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214172561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21417255614
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P141725374
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1417256417
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl141725444
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14172521482
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)141725703
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21417252562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1417251044
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1417255251



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