Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Iwaizumi, Shimohei District, Iwate, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 278182
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278182.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iwaizumi, Shimohei District, Iwate, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Iwate Mine
Kameyama Mine
Shintamagawa Mine
Takamine Mine
Teragi

Latitude: 39°53'7"N
Longitude: 141°37'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.885277777778,141.63055555556

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Kaolinite	Nickeline	None	Olivine
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Wollastonite

Alabandite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caryopilite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Tephroite ()*

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 Mn O S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Garnet Kaolinite Nickeline None Olivine
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Wollastonite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	75251	312
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	75251	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	75250	1534
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	1	75251	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	75251	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	75251	83
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	75249	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	75252	7437
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	75251	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	75249	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	75253	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	75249	5591
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	75251	186
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	75252	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	2	75251,75253	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	75251	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	75249,75252	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	75251	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	75251	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	75250	4894
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	75251	1214
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	75251	240

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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