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Locality Name:
Sebadani, Besshi, Niihama City, Ehime, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 261853
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-261853.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sebadani, Besshi, Niihama City, Ehime, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Eclogite Occurrence

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMicaNonePyroxeneQuartz
RutileTitanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Barroisite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-katophorite  (*)
Ferro-pargasite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Hematite  (*)Katophorite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Omphacite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Titanite  (*)
Winchite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1741038803
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)217410349
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21741039895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1741038173
Ferro-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)217410338
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)217410354
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2174103286
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317410314640
Katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)217410346
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217410317380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6174103229
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2174103313
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217410361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21741035614
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1741034899
Winchite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)217410351



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