Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Mohnyin District (Moe Hnyin District), Kachin State, Myanmar


mindat Locality ID: 26039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26039.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mohnyin District (Moe Hnyin District), Kachin State, Myanmar": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan)
Mogaung Township
Mohnyin Township (Moe Hnyin Township)

Latitude: 25°12'41"N
Longitude: 96°30'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.211388888889,96.503611111111
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 B Ba C Ca Cr F Fe H K La Mg Na O Pb S Si Sn Sr Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleAnalcimeCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiamondDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparGarnetHarmotomeHumiteIronKaoliniteMicaNatroliteNone
Not in a structural groupPectolitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSpinelStilpnomelane
ThomsoniteTitaniteTridymiteVesuvianiteZircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(La)  (*)Almandine  (*)Analcime  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Banalsite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celsian  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Corundum  (*)Cymrite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eckermannite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fabrièsite  (*)Ferro-katophorite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Harmotome  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Jadeite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Katophorite  (*)Kosmochlor  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lizardite  (*)
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nybøite  (*)
Omphacite  (*)Painite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Richterite  (*)Rutile  (*)Spinel  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Stronalsite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thomsonite-Sr  (*)Tin  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Trinepheline  (*)Uvarovite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Winchite  (*)
Wüstite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21859853419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)485973,85975,85976,859858803
Allanite-(La)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaLa(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)18597525
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3285986,859922353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1859731627
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4185985708
Banalsite  (*)NoneNa2BaAl4Si4O16285973,8598522
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)285973,8598627770
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)285973,85975100
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2185986285
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4285973,859853902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81859731756
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31859861797
Cymrite  (*)NoneBa(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O285973,8597546
Diamond  (*)DiamondC185986697
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)185973481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6385976,85985,859864135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21859869895
Eckermannite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)2385973,85975,859855
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1859858173
Fabrièsite  (*)NoneNa3Al3Si3O12·2H2O1859851
Ferro-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)218598538
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18597324243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2385973,85975,85985286
Graphite  (*)NoneC385973,85985,859862812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3285973,859751544
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O185985290
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3285973,859855433
Iron  (*)IronFe285973,859751089
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O61185973,85975,85976,85977,85979,85980,85982,85983,85984,85985,85991154
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41859735591
Katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2285973,8598546
Kosmochlor  (*)PyroxeneNaCr3+Si2O6285973,8598513
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41859921507
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4185985359
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2385973,85976,8598579
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218597317380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O385973,85976,859851236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)185985884
Nybøite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2385973,85975,859858
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6385973,85975,85976229
Painite  (*)NoneCaZrAl9O15(BO3)1859868
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)285973,85975363
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2385973,85975,859862273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218597339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2285973,8598661156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2485973,85975,85976,85985148
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21859865614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41859861934
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O185973456
Stronalsite  (*)NoneNa2SrAl4Si4O1618598510
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O285973,85975452
Thomsonite-Sr  (*)ThomsoniteNaSr2(Al5Si5)O20·6-7H2O1859733
Tin  (*)NoneSn18598563
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1859734899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21859852562
Trinepheline  (*)NoneNaAlSiO41859851
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3185973212
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10385973,85975,859851395
Winchite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)2385973,85975,8598551
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO285973,8597574
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)285973,859865251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-124aHpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District (Moe Hnyin District), Kachin State, Myanmarhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-101-to-fkm-125/#FKM-124a
FKM-124bHpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District (Moe Hnyin District), Kachin State, Myanmarhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-101-to-fkm-125/#FKM-124b
FKM-84Tawmaw (Tawhmaw; Taw Maw), Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District (Moe Hnyin District), Kachin State, Myanmarhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-76-to-fkm-100/#FKM-84
R070117Tawmaw (Tawhmaw; Taw Maw), Hpakant-Tawmaw Jade Tract, Hpakant Township (Hpakan; Phakant; Phakan), Mohnyin District (Moe Hnyin District), Kachin State, Myanmarhttps://rruff.info/R070117

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