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Locality Name:
Bandung, West Java Province, Java, Indonesia


mindat Locality ID: 260369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bandung, West Java Province, Java, Indonesia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bandong Meteorite
Bunikasih Mine
Tangkubanparahu (Tangkuban Perahu)

Latitude: 6°50'30"S
Longitude: 107°35'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.8416666666667,107.59972222222

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: Ag Al Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteIron
KaoliniteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteSpinelSulphur

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Berlinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Taenite  (*)
Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1669782793
Berlinite  (*)QuartzAl(PO4)16697828
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16697827770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41669773902
Copper  (*)CopperCu1669773846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61669774135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1669788173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1669787437
Gold  (*)CopperAu16697830554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31669775433
Iron  (*)IronFe1669771089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3166977191
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O616697873
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41669785591
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)166977451
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216697839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216697861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1669781711
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1669792045
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)166977703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1669771044



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