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Locality Name:
Atantayi Valley, Zhaosu Co., Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China


mindat Locality ID: 253994
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253994.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atantayi Valley, Zhaosu Co., Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°30'34"N
Longitude: 81°14'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.509444444444,81.245555555556
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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMicaNonePyroxeneQuartz
RutileSpinelTalc

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Barroisite  (*)Epidote  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Katophorite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)
Paragonite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2049
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)20286
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2046
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O60229
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20247
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337


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