Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hiroshima, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 28288
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28288.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hiroshima, Japan": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Fukuyama City
Hiroshima City
Hohkoh Mine (Hoko Mine)
Inland Sea (Setonaikai)
Kamo District
Mihara City
Oni-no-Iwaya Cave
Otsue Mine (Sankinkogyo Mine)
Saezaki Mine
Shokozan Mine (Yano-Shokozan Mine)
Shoubara City
Taishi Mine

Latitude: 34°32'48"N
Longitude: 133°24'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.546666666667,133.41277777778

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.

Allanite	Allophane	Amorphous	Analcime	Andalusite	Betpakdalite	Brochantite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Djerfisherite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Melilite	Mica	Mixite	Molybdenite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pectolite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Stannoidite	Taranakite	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite
Wöhlerite	Zircon

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 As Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na Nb Ni O P S Si Sn Ti U W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Amorphous Analcime Andalusite Betpakdalite Brochantite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite
Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Djerfisherite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Melilite Mica Mixite Molybdenite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pectolite Phenakite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Stannoidite Taranakite Tridymite Vesuvianite Wurtzite
Wöhlerite Zircon

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Afwillite ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*
Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Ardealite ()*	Betpakdalite-CaCa ()*	Böhmite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Corundum ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cuspidine ()*	Danalite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Djerfisherite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Foshagite ()*	Fukalite ()*
Gehlenite ()*	Goudeyite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hillebrandite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Jennite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Killalaite ()*
Kobeite-(Y) ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*
Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rosenhahnite ()*	Scawtite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spurrite ()*
Stannoidite ()*	Taranakite ()*	Tilleyite ()*	Tobelite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wittichenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zálesíite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	74598	1022
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O	1	74606	41
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	74594	90
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	74598	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	74606	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	74596	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	74604,74605	1534
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	74599	30
Betpakdalite-CaCa ()*	Betpakdalite	[Ca₂(H₂O)₁₇Ca(H₂O)₆][Mo⁶⁺₈As⁵⁺₂Fe³⁺₃O₃₆(OH)]	1	74593	15
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	74602	195
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	74594	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	74594	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	74604	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	74604	232
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	74594,74601,74608	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	74594	3531
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	1	74594	127
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	74596,74602	1797
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	74601	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	74594	2970
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	1	74605	67
Danalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Fe²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	2	74598,74608	58
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	3	74596,74600,74602	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	74602	651
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	1	74604	60
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	74589	371
Ferriallanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Fe³⁺AlFe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	74588	28
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	74598,74608	9617
Foshagite ()*	None	Ca₄(SiO₃)₃(OH)₂	1	74604	19
Fukalite ()*	None	Ca₄Si₂O₆(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	74604	8
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	2	74604,74605	114
Goudeyite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Al(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	74594	19
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	74604	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	74599	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	74602	14640
Hillebrandite ()*	None	Ca₂SiO₃(OH)₂	2	74604,74606	17
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	74608	469
Jennite ()*	None	Ca₉(Si₃O₉)₂(OH)₆·8H₂O	1	74604	18
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	74596,74599	5591
Killalaite ()*	None	Ca_6.4[H_0.6Si₂O₇]₂(OH)₂	1	74604	5
Kobeite-(Y) ()*	None	(Y,U)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆ (?)	2	74588,74589	8
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	74601	451
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	74609	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	74608,74609	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	74594	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	74588,74598	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	74593	5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	1	74604	153
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	74599	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	74606	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	74604,74606	884
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	74594	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	74589	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	74594	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	74606	363
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	74598	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	74608	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	74596,74600,74602	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	74589,74590,74594,74596,74598	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	74590	1711
Rosenhahnite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₃O₈(OH)₂	1	74604	8
Scawtite ()*	None	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂(CO₃)·2H₂O	2	74604,74605	25
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	74594,74598	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	74608	21482
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	3	74604,74605,74606	54
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	1	74594	80
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	1	74599	57
Tilleyite ()*	None	Ca₅Si₂O₇(CO₃)₂	2	74604,74605	19
Tobelite ()*	Mica	(NH₄)Al₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	74596	5
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	74604	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	74594	297
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	74589	939
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	74594	84

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070357	Setoda-cho-hayashi, Ikuchi Island, Inland Sea (Setonaikai), Hiroshima, Japan	https://rruff.info/R070357

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