Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Yanmenguan, Dai Co., Xinzhou, Shanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 282243
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282243.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yanmenguan, Dai Co., Xinzhou, Shanxi, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Liujiagou

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Beryl	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile
Staurolite

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 Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Beryl Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Garnet None Not in a structural group Rutile
Staurolite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gedrite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Staurolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43229	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43229	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	43229	1310
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	43229	1008
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43229	8173
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43229	178
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	43229	1507
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43229	238
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	43229	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	43229	1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	43229	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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