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Locality Name:
Neo Area, Motosu City, Gifu, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 262654
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262654.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neo Area, Motosu City, Gifu, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Nogohakusan (Nogo-Hakusan)
Tsurumaki Mine

Latitude: 35°38'5"N
Longitude: 136°36'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.634722222222,136.61527777778

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 Mn Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnetNoneOlivinePrehnitePyroxeneRhodonite
RocksaltSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-pargasite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Marsturite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Periclase  (*)Potassic-ferro-pargasite  (*)
Potassic-ferro-sadanagaite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31744611534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61744612060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17446127770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1744618173
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)217446154
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1744611188
Marsturite  (*)RhodoniteNaCaMn2+3Si5O14(OH)1744625
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2174461313
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO174461114
Potassic-ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21744616
Potassic-ferro-sadanagaite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si5Al3)O22(OH)21744613
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21744611898
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41744611934



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