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:
Bengkulu Province (Benkoelen Province; Benkulen Province), Sumatra, Indonesia

mindat Locality ID: 28130
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28130.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bengkulu Province (Benkoelen Province; Benkulen Province), Sumatra, Indonesia": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bukit Tandai Hillside
Rejang Lebong District (Rediang Lebong District)

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Gyrolite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Uytenbogaardtite

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Inesite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Opal ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Truscottite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Gyrolite Kaolinite Marcasite None
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Uytenbogaardtite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	67174,67175	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	1	67174	87
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	1	67174	66
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	67174	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67175	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	67174	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	67172,67174	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	67172,67175	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	67172,67174,67175	30554
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	67175	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	67175	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	67174	5674
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	67175	2994
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	1	67174	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	67174	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	67175	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67172	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	67172,67175	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	67175	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	67175	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	67172,67174,67175	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	67174	332
Truscottite ()*	Gyrolite	Ca₁₄Si₂₄O₅₈(OH)₈·2H₂O	1	67174	10
Uytenbogaardtite ()*	Uytenbogaardtite	Ag₃AuS₂	1	67175	46

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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