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Locality Name:
Java, Indonesia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.9

mindat Locality ID: 24376
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24376.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Java, Indonesia": 64
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Banten Province
Central Java Province
East Java Province
Jakarta Raya Province
Java Sea
Kawah Ijen (Ijen Volcano)
Kebumen
West Java Province
Yogyakarta Province

Latitude: 7°22'12"S
Longitude: 110°5'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -7.37,110.09361111111
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAphthitaliteArgyroditeArsenopyriteBaryte
CalciteCeriteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorrensiteCorundum
CovelliteCristobaliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparGypsumHaxonite
IronKaoliniteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivineOrpimentPerovskitePhenakitePolybasitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilpnomelaneSulphur
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTopazTridymiteUytenbogaardtiteWollastoniteWurtziteZinkosite

130 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aguilarite  (*)Albite  (*)
Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Analcime  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Anilite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aphthitalite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Berlinite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcocyanite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cohenite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eskolaite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Halloysite-7Å  (*)
Haxonite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ilsemannite  (*)Inesite  (*)Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)
Merrillite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Parsettensite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Petzite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Scawtite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schreibersite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Spionkopite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Sylvite  (*)Taenite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tetrataenite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tosudite  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Uytenbogaardtite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S866940,66944,66975,66978,66982,66983,66984,669922793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21669993419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61670011022
Aguilarite  (*)AcanthiteAg4SeS666940,66944,66982,66983,66984,6699287
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)566958,66969,66982,66986,669998803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe266940,66975489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6266964,66986966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O167001272
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1669691627
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1670012734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)366944,66986,670011588
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S416698288
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21669823092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1669861036
Aphthitalite  (*)AphthitaliteK3Na(SO4)2267000,6700177
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS566940,66944,66975,66984,669929052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6366959,66969,669862060
Berlinite  (*)QuartzAl(PO4)16697828
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O166982178
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4366940,66964,669825516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1466939,66940,66944,66964,66966,66969,66975,66978,66980,66982,66984,66986,66992,6699927770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6266944,6698491
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21669445171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S266975,669825707
Chalcocyanite  (*)ZinkositeCu(SO4)16700115
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23.32.91066940,66944,66955,66963,66964,66975,66982,66984,66990,6699227198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl166957203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4466957,66959,66977,669803902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81669821756
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe316695977
Copper  (*)CopperCu266957,669773846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS566944,66963,66964,66975,669824165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2366948,66986,67001453
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S4166980157
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)166964481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4266964,66999651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S266964,669821027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6366959,66977,669804135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16166982300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21669829895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4266964,66975910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)766940,66944,66964,66978,66982,66983,669998173
Eskolaite  (*)CorundumCr2O316698030
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4166982163
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)166944551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1669732740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1669801188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1066940,66944,66955,66963,66975,66982,66983,66984,66992,6700124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)266978,669827437
Gold  (*)CopperAu666944,66955,66978,66982,66983,6699930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1669572812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS266944,66984717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O266944,669866890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1670011398
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)416698252
Haxonite  (*)Haxonite(Fe,Ni)23C616695926
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3566950,66963,66975,66982,6699914640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te466940,66975,66982,66992804
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH166973367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3266977,669805433
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)267000,67001123
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O16694450
Iron  (*)IronFe466952,66957,66959,669771089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3266957,66977191
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O616697873
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41166939,66940,66944,66955,66964,66975,66978,66982,66983,66986,669995591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2166982234
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6166944128
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)266944,66977451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1669391487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4666955,66959,66980,66986,66999,6700114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2366955,66963,6699912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2566940,66944,66975,66984,669865674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO166982202
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S416698251
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7266957,66959230
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23.32.9366964,66990,670015800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O366982,66983,669991508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2966940,66944,66963,66964,66975,66982,66983,66992,6699917380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6166986128
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se166940192
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O266948,669862994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3166992511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1669992349
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O16694443
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]166982249
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3166980495
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2266975,66992409
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6266959,66986303
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]366940,66944,66982716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3366982,66984,66992733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3366944,66984,669921425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23.32.91466940,66944,66955,66963,66975,66978,66982,66983,66984,66986,66990,66992,66999,6700139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21669823106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2366964,66986,66999771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8366944,66975,669849056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21666940,66944,66949,66950,66954,66955,66961,66963,66964,66975,66978,66982,66983,66986,66992,6699961156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O166982177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS166992712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)366944,66978,669821711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)266944,66982969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21669995614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl167001105
Scawtite  (*)NoneCa7(Si3O9)2(CO3)·2H2O16696925
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1669444894
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P166980374
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1669446417
Silver  (*)CopperAg266940,669825186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1066940,66944,66955,66963,66975,66982,66983,66984,66992,6700121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41669801934
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S2816698273
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31669923418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS266940,66982332
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)16697592
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS566970,66979,66986,66999,670012045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl167001275
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)366952,66959,66977703
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13466940,66964,66975,669921803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S166975510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13666940,66944,66964,66975,66982,669925317
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi166959116
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O166982433
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21669641476
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O16699936
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2166948458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS366957,66959,669771044
Uytenbogaardtite  (*)UytenbogaardtiteAg3AuS2266944,6698246
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4166982303
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31670011247
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S816698270


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
PorphCu-002793.32.93.3–2.9      Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, PyriteCu205784Ciemas Prospect, Sukabumi Regency, West Java Province, Java, IndonesiaCiemasSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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