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Locality Name:
Nankoku City, Kochi, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 272486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nankoku City, Kochi, Japan": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ananai Mine
Inosawa Mine
Oko

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 B Ba C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAuricuprideAxiniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteGarnetHumiteNoneOlivinePerovskitePrehnitePumpellyite
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteSerpentineSpinelStilpnomelane

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Alleghanyite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Awaruite  (*)Axinite-(Mn)  (*)Bannisterite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Datolite  (*)
Epidote-(Sr)  (*)Gageite  (*)Ganophyllite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jacobsite  (*)Natronambulite  (*)Neotocite  (*)Okhotskite  (*)Parsettensite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Piemontite-(Sr)  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Taneyamalite  (*)
Tephroite  (*)Tinzenite  (*)
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)21754993419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61754991022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)375499,75501,755058803
Alleghanyite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)217549977
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31754991534
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe175507166
Axinite-(Mn)  (*)AxiniteCa4Mn2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2375499,75501,7550288
Bannisterite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(Ca,K,Na)(Mn2+,Fe2+)10(Si,Al)16O38(OH)8·nH2O17549920
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)375499,75501,7550511547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8275499,75501173
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)475499,75500,75501,75505483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)375499,75501,7550527770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)4375499,75500,7550583
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1754992600
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)175499498
Epidote-(Sr)  (*)EpidoteCaSr(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1754998
Gageite  (*)NoneMn2+21Si8O27(OH)2017549914
Ganophyllite  (*)Clay(K,Na)xMn2+6(Si,Al)10O24(OH)4·nH2O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)375499,75500,7550545
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4275499,75505350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3475499,75500,75501,7550514640
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4175500172
Natronambulite  (*)RhodoniteNaMn2+4Si5O14(OH)1754997
Neotocite  (*)Allophane(Mn,Fe)SiO3·H2O (?)175499186
Okhotskite  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Mn2+Mn3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O1754995
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O17549943
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)375500,75501,75505260
Piemontite-(Sr)  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCaSr(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)275499,7550212
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21754991898
Pumpellyite-(Mn2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Mn2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O17549915
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2475499,75500,75501,7550561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)475499,75500,75501,755051711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)475499,75500,75501,75505969
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10175500312
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O275500,75505456
Taneyamalite  (*)None(Na,Ca)Mn2+12(Si,Al)12(O,OH)441754995
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)175499240
Tinzenite  (*)AxiniteCa2Mn2+4Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2275499,7550524



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