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:
Nara, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 31492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nara, Japan": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Godaimatsu Mine
Gose City
Kashiba City
Komagaeri
Nara City
Sakurai City
Sansei Mine
Tohnomine Mine (Tonomine Mine)
Yamato Mine (Yamato-suigin Mine)
Yoshino District

Latitude: 34°13'21"N
Longitude: 135°57'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.2225,135.95666666667

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Cobaltite
Corundum	Dumortierite	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Mixite
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Skutterudite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Vivianite	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 B C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O P S Sb Si Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Clay Cobaltite
Corundum Dumortierite Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Löllingite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Mixite
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Skutterudite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Topaz Tourmaline Vivianite Zircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Agardite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Alloclasite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andalusite ()*
Andradite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bieberite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Grossular ()*	Hisingerite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*	Lindgrenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Ominelite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Schorl ()*
Sekaninaite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stibnite ()*	Topaz ()*	Vivianite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	2	75913,75921	90
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	75922,75928	8803
Alloclasite ()*	Löllingite	CoAsS	1	75931	56
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	75915	2353
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	3	75915,75928,75929	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	75926,75927	1534
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	75913	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	75931	9052
Bieberite ()*	Melanterite	Co(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	75931	50
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	75913	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	75923	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	75921	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	75916,75922,75923	2600
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	1	75913	127
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	75932	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	75928	1008
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	75913	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	75913,75921	175
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	75915,75928	1797
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1	75929	231
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	75931	814
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	75911	129
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	1	75931	131
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	75927	1544
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	75921	144
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	75929	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	75922,75923	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	75913	593
Lindgrenite ()*	None	Cu₃(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₂(OH)₂	1	75921	21
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	75926	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	75923	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	75923	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	75923	255
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	75921	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	75923	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	75920,75922,75923,75928,75929	17380
Ominelite ()*	None	Fe²⁺Al₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	1	75929	3
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	75923	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	75928	2349
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	75913	428
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	75921	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	75920,75922,75923,75929,75931	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	75913,75916,75921,75922,75923,75926,75927,75928,75929,75931	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	75923	712
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	75929	2705
Sekaninaite ()*	Beryl	Fe²⁺₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	75929	35
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	75915,75928	1516
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	75931	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	75926	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	75928	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	75923	3418
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	75929	1476
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	75918	636
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	75929	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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