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:
Kumamoto, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 30188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kumamoto, Japan": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Amakusa City
Ichinomata Mine
Itsuki
Kuma Village
Kumamoto City
Mashiki
Ryumon Pegmatite
Uemura
Uki City
Yatsushiro City

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Garnet
Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Lawsonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Serpentine	Spinel	Stibnite	Taranakite	Tridymite	Welinite	Zircon

Allophane ()*	Augite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bementite ()*	Brugnatellite ()*
Brushite ()*	Caryopilite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Fluoro-edenite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Imogolite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Taneyamalite ()*
Taranakite ()*	Tephroite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uvarovite ()*
Welinite ()*	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 C Ca Cr F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Sb Si Ti U W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Autunite Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Fluorite Garnet
Gypsum Hydrotalcite Lawsonite Mica Molybdenite None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Serpentine Spinel Stibnite Taranakite Tridymite Welinite Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	75538	470
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	75542	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	75537	1272
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	75528	173
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O	1	75536	32
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	75532	104
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	75528	83
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	75545	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	75543	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	75542	951
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	75540	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	75540	1797
Fluoro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂F₂	1	75535	27
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	75542,75545	286
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	75532	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	75545	14640
Imogolite ()*	Allophane	Al₂SiO₃(OH)₄	1	75538	7
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆	1	75542	154
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	75545	121
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	75542	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	75535,75542	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	75537	5800
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	75540	2273
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	75528	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	75527,75528,75537,75545	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	75528	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	75540	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	75540	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	75527	3418
Taneyamalite ()*	None	(Na,Ca)Mn²⁺₁₂(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₄₄	1	75545	5
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	2	75532,75533	57
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	75528	240
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	75535	458
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	75537	2718
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1	75543	212
Welinite ()*	Welinite	Mn²⁺₆(W⁶⁺ )(SiO₄)₂O₄(OH)₂	1	75530	6
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	75537	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070705	Taneyama Mine, Toyo, Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto, Japan	https://rruff.info/R070705

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