Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Morioka, Iwate, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 278217
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278217.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morioka, Iwate, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Isagosawa Mine (Isagozawa Mine)
Kitayama Mine
Kumanosawa 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.

Calcite	Coronadite	Corundum	None	Ramsdellite	Rhodonite	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: C Fe H Hg K Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Coronadite Corundum None Ramsdellite Rhodonite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Cinnabar ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jacobsite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	75197	2600
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	75199	599
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	75199	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	75197,75198	14640
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	75199	172
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	75198	14899
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	1	75199	121
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	75199	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	75198	969

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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