Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saga, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3.01
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.95

mindat Locality ID: 25770
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25770.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saga, Japan": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Arita
Higashimatsuura District
Imari City
Karatsu City (Higashi-Matsuura-gun)
Ogi City
Saga City

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Ancylite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Gismondine	Humite	Kaolinite	Lanthanite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhabdophane	Rhodonite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Tengerite	Thomsonite	Tourmaline	Vivianite

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 Be C Ca Ce Cr Cu Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo N Na Nb Nd Ni O P Ru S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Ancylite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite
Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Garnet Gismondine Humite Kaolinite Lanthanite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhabdophane Rhodonite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Tengerite Thomsonite Tourmaline Vivianite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Almandine ()*	Annabergite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Beryl ()*
Buddingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite-Na ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gonnardite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hizenite-(Y) ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kimuraite-(Y) ()*	Kozoite-(La) ()*
Kozoite-(Nd) ()*	Lanthanite-(La) ()*	Lanthanite-(Nd) ()*	Laurite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Lokkaite-(Y) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*
Rhabdophane-(La) ()*	Rhabdophane-(Nd) ()*	Rhabdophane-(Y) ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Spinel ()*	Tengerite-(Y) ()*	Tephroite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3.01	2.95	1	76272	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3.01	2.95	1	76272	8803
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	3.01	2.95	1	76272	77
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	76277	2353
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	3.01	2.95	1	76272	445
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	3.01	2.95	2	76259,76273	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3.01	2.95	2	76267,76268	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3.01	2.95	1	76272	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3.01	2.95	3	76257,76259,76273	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	76277	4286
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈			1	76254	27
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3.01	2.95	6	76262,76267,76268,76269,76272,76273	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	3.01	2.95	1	76262	310
Chabazite-Na ()*	Chabazite	(Na₃K)[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·11H₂O	3.01	2.95	1	76262	66
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3.01	2.95	1	76272	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3.01	2.95	2	76271,76273	3902
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	76277	518
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3.01	2.95	1	76273	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3.01	2.95	1	76271	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	3.01	2.95	2	76257,76273	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	3.01	2.95	4	76257,76259,76268,76273	1188
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	3.01	2.95	2	76263,76265	128
Gonnardite ()*	Natrolite	(Na,Ca)₂(Si,Al)₅O₁₀·3H₂O	3.01	2.95	1	76262	167
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	3.01	2.95	1	76273	407
Hizenite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	Ca₂Y₆(CO₃)₁₁·14H₂O	3.01	2.95	1	76268	1
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3.01	2.95	2	76257,76273	5433
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3.01	2.95	1	76272	172
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	76254	5591
Kimuraite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	CaY₂(CO₃)₄·6H₂O	3.01	2.95	3	76267,76268,76269	10
Kozoite-(La) ()*	Ancylite	La(CO₃)(OH)	3.01	2.95	2	76268,76269	3
Kozoite-(Nd) ()*	Ancylite	Nd(CO₃)(OH)	3.01	2.95	2	76268,76269	3
Lanthanite-(La) ()*	Lanthanite	La₂(CO₃)₃·8H₂O	3.01	2.95	1	76269	10
Lanthanite-(Nd) ()*	Lanthanite	Nd₂(CO₃)₃·8H₂O	3.01	2.95	3	76267,76268,76269	10
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	3.01	2.95	1	76273	226
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3.01	2.95	1	76272	359
Lokkaite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	CaY₄(CO₃)₇·9H₂O	3.01	2.95	2	76267,76268	10
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	76257	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3.01	2.95	1	76272	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3.01	2.95	1	76272	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	76254	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	3.01	2.95	1	76262	1236
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	3.01	2.95	1	76272	186
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	3.01	2.95	1	76272	633
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	76275	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	3.01	2.95	2	76268,76269	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3.01	2.95	1	76273	1512
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	3.01	2.95	1	76272	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3.01	2.95	1	76272	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3.01	2.95	2	76254,76272	61156
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O	3.01	2.95	1	76260	66
Rhabdophane-(La) ()*	Rhabdophane	La(PO₄)·H₂O			1	76257	13
Rhabdophane-(Nd) ()*	Rhabdophane	Nd(PO₄)·H₂O	3.01	2.95	1	76260	14
Rhabdophane-(Y) ()*	Rhabdophane	Y(PO₄)·H₂O			1	76257	1
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	3.01	2.95	1	76272	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	3.01	2.95	1	76272	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3.01	2.95	1	76272	1214
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3.01	2.95	1	76273	1934
Tengerite-(Y) ()*	Tengerite	Y₂(CO₃)₃·2-3H₂O	3.01	2.95	1	76268	24
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	3.01	2.95	1	76272	240
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	3.01	2.95	1	76262	452

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0063	Alkali olivine basalt

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_0063	3.01	2.95	2.98±0.03	K-Ar	Age of mineralization									25772	Karatsu City (Higashi-Matsuura-gun), Saga, Japan	Higashi-Matsuura	Nakamura et al. (1986)	10.2343/geochemj.20.91	GJ20_91	Age of Higashi-Matsuura basalt.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050586	Mitsukoshi, Hizen-cho, Karatsu City (Higashi-Matsuura-gun), Saga, Japan	https://rruff.info/R050586
R060995	Mitsukoshi, Hizen-cho, Karatsu City (Higashi-Matsuura-gun), Saga, Japan	https://rruff.info/R060995
R060996	Mitsukoshi, Hizen-cho, Karatsu City (Higashi-Matsuura-gun), Saga, Japan	https://rruff.info/R060996
R060993	Mitsukoshi, Hizen-cho, Karatsu City (Higashi-Matsuura-gun), Saga, Japan	https://rruff.info/R060993
R061092	Mitsukoshi, Hizen-cho, Karatsu City (Higashi-Matsuura-gun), Saga, Japan	https://rruff.info/R061092

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