Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Fengtien Nephrite Belt, Hualien Co., Taiwan Province, Taiwan

mindat Locality ID: 29876
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29876.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fengtien Nephrite Belt, Hualien Co., Taiwan Province, Taiwan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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	Aragonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel
Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sanidine ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uvarovite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Spinel
Talc Titanite Vesuvianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	598
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	212
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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