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Locality Name:
Konan City, Shiga, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 251887
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251887.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Konan City, Shiga, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ishibe
Mikumo Mine

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 C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteDevillineKtenasiteMalachite
MixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteVesuvianiteVeszelyiteWollastonite
Wurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Corkite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Parascholzite  (*)Petersite-(Y)  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Veszelyite  (*)Zincolibethenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O176336470
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6176336919
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61763361633
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2276337,76338101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17633627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217633627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1763363531
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6176336151
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1763372970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O176336366
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS176337717
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2176337223
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS17633762
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6176337741
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1763361689
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)176336234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217633612537
Parascholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O17633612
Petersite-(Y)  (*)MixiteCu6Y(PO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1763368
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21763361898
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4176336369
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217633661156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O17633668
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O176336142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O176336292
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS276336,7633721482
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101763361395
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O17633620
Zincolibethenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(PO4)(OH)17633611


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