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Locality Name:
Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 235358
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235358.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kitagawa

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 B Be C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Nb O P REE S Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAragoniteBastnäsiteBerylChalcopyriteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GadoliniteHellanditeNoneScheeliteZircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Aragonite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Hellandite-(Y)  (*)
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)175768706
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1757703250
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181757684286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41757705516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217577027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1757703531
Copper  (*)CopperCu1757703846
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4175769196
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2275768,75769163
Hellandite-(Y)  (*)Hellandite(Ca,REE)4Y2Al   2(B4Si4O22)(OH)217576918
Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)(OH)17576816
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31757685433
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1757682349
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)175768939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1757685251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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