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:
Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar

mindat Locality ID: 30775
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30775.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dawei District (Tavoy District)
Kawthaung District
Myeik District

Latitude: 13°0'17"N
Longitude: 98°52'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.004722222222,98.873055555556

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.

Arsenic	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diamond	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Topaz

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diamond ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Diamond Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Topaz

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	86347	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	86347	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	86342	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	86347	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	8	86343,86345,86346,86347,86349,86350,86353,86354	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	86347,86354	27198
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	2	86345,86353	697
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	86346,86347,86349,86350,86354	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	86346,86347,86349,86350	24243
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	86347	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	6	86345,86346,86347,86349,86350,86354	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	86347	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	86345,86346,86347,86349,86350,86354	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	86347	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	86346,86347,86349,86350,86354	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	86345,86347,86353	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	86347	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	86347	668
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	86347	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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