Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ena City, Gifu, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 262886
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-262886.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ena City, Gifu, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kawai Mine

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Garnet	Melilite	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Garnet Melilite Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Annite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gehlenite ()*	Hawleyite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	74405	2353
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	74405	356
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	74405	1036
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	74405	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	74405	4135
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	74405	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	74405	24243
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	1	74405	114
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	1	74405	62
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	74405	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	74405	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060330	Kawai Mine, Ena City, Gifu, Japan	https://rruff.info/R060330

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