Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kawara, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 281675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kawara, Tagawa-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sannotake Mine

Latitude: 33°42'0"N
Longitude: 130°50'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.7,130.84972222222

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Melonite	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Aleksite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eulytine ()*
Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hessite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Melonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*
Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Volynskite ()*
Wittichenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Berthierite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clinozoisite
Columbite Copper Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Malachite Melonite Molybdenite Nickeline
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite
Vesuvianite Wollastonite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	74267	3419
Aleksite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₂S₂	1	74267	28
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	74267,74268,74269	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	74269	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	2	74267,74268	343
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	74267,74269	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	74267,74269	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	74269	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	74267,74269	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	74267	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	74267	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	74267,74268	4135
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	74269	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	74267,74269	8173
Eulytine ()*	None	Bi₄(SiO₄)₃	1	74267	72
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	74267	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	74269	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	74267,74269	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	74269	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	74267	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	2	74267,74269	741
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	74269	804
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	74267	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	74267,74269	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	74267	12537
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	1	74269	207
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	74267,74269	5800
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	74267	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	74267	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	74269	409
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1	74269	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	74269	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	74269	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	74267,74269	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	74267,74269	4894
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	74269	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	74269	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	2	74267,74269	510
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	74269	1395
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	1	74269	64
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	74269	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	74269	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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