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Locality Name:
Hanazono-river, Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 277492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hanazono-river, Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki, Japan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yojiro Waterfall

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 C Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylClayCorundumDumortieriteFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzSpinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Cordierite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31749902353
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181749901008
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O18174990231
Graphite  (*)NoneC1749902812
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4174990407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31749905433
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217499017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1749902349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217499039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217499061156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51749901516



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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