Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Setouchi-cho, Oshima-gun, Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 256694
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256694.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Setouchi-cho, Oshima-gun, Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Nishikata Mine (Kudadon Mine)
Nishikomi Mine

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.

Calcite	Clay	Humite	None	Olivine	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel

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: C H Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Humite None Olivine Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Alabandite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Bementite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Manganite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Tephroite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	75325	312
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	75326	77
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	2	75325,75326	173
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	75325	350
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	75326	770
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	75325,75326	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	75325,75326	969
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2	75325,75326	240

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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