Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Wakasa-cho, Mikata-kaminaka District, Fukui, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 253109
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253109.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wakasa-cho, Mikata-kaminaka District, Fukui, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Fujii Mine
Torihama

Latitude: 35°31'59"N
Longitude: 135°50'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.533055555556,135.84972222222

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.

Allanite	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Epidote	Garnet	Humite	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Spinel	Wollastonite

Allanite-(La) ()*	Bustamite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Galaxite ()*	Goldmanite ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Jimboite ()*	Kellyite ()*	Manganosite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Momoiite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pyrochroite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sonolite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sussexite ()*
Tephroite ()*	Wiserite ()*

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 As B C Ca Cl Fe H La Mg Mn Mo Ni O S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Beryl Brucite Calcite Clay Epidote Garnet Humite Molybdenite Nickeline
None Olivine Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Serpentine Spinel Wollastonite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(La) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaLa(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	74180	25
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	1	74180	101
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	74181	1008
Galaxite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Al₂O₄	1	74180	43
Goldmanite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	74180	31
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	74180	350
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	74180	172
Jimboite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₃(BO₃)₂	1	74180	3
Kellyite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Mn²⁺,Mg,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	74180	11
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	1	74180	73
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	74180	5800
Momoiite ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	74180	4
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	74180	633
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂	1	74180	56
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	74180	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	74180	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	74180	969
Sonolite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	1	74180	50
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	74180	1214
Sussexite ()*	None	Mn²⁺BO₂(OH)	1	74180	25
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	74180	240
Wiserite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₁₄(B₂O₅)₄(OH)₈·(Si,Mg)(O,OH)₄Cl	1	74180	15

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070752	Fujii Mine, Wakasa-cho, Mikata-kaminaka District, Fukui, Japan	https://rruff.info/R070752

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