Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kawai-cho-tsukigase, Hida City, Gifu, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 241502
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241502.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kawai-cho-tsukigase, Hida City, Gifu, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Corundum Occurrence
Tsukigase Valley (Tsukigase-dani)

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

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.

Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Lepidocrocite	Mica	Milarite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anorthite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*
Gahnite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg O Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Lepidocrocite Mica Milarite None Not in a structural group Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Wollastonite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	74430	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	74428	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	0		445
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	0		407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	74428	581
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	74428	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	74430	42
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	74430	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	74428	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	74428	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	74428	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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