Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Okinawa, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 36970
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36970.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Okinawa, Japan": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Daito Islands
Iriomote Island
Ishigaki Island
Iwoutori-shima (Torijima; Okinawa-Torishima; Kume-Torishima; Ioutorishima; You-Torishima)
Kerama Islands
Kume Island
Okinawa Island
Senkaku Islands (Diaoyudao Islands; Diaoyutai Islands)
Taketomi Island
Tonaki Island

Latitude: 25°29'48"N
Longitude: 126°18'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.496666666667,126.31027777778

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum
Iron	Kaolinite	Magnetoplumbite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum
Iron Kaolinite Magnetoplumbite Malachite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite
Titanite Wollastonite Wurtzite

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*
Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carlsbergite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chromium ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diaoyudaoite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Eskolaite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Nukundamite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Vashegyite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	76178	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	2	76178,76186	1022
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	76217	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	76177,76178,76179,76189,76190	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	76221	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	76221	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	76217,76218	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	76177	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	76178	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	76179	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	76177	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	76216,76217	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	76218	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	76216,76217	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	76199	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	76174,76177,76178,76206,76217,76221	27770
Carlsbergite ()*	Rocksalt	CrN	1	76215	26
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	76177,76216,76217,76218,76221	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	76185	3902
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr	1	76215	26
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	76179	3531
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	76215	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	76216,76217	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	76177	453
Diaoyudaoite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	NaAl₁₁O₁₇	1	76215	7
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	76215	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	76177	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	76178,76210,76215,76221	8173
Eskolaite ()*	Corundum	Cr₂O₃	1	76215	30
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	76216,76217,76218	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	76177	504
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	76178,76190,76191	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	76185,76210,76211,76213	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	76191	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	76179,76192	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	76221	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	76181,76186,76210	14640
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	76221	62
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	76175	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	76177	5433
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	76185,76210,76211	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	76177,76178,76186,76189,76221	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	76221	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	76216	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	76189	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	76178,76179,76215	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	76221	254
Nukundamite ()*	None	Cu_3.4Fe_0.6S₄	1	76217	16
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	76203	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	76177,76179,76181,76182,76191,76210,76211,76216,76217,76218,76221	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	76177,76178,76179,76185,76186,76189,76190,76191,76210,76211,76213,76216,76221	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	76216,76217	1711
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	76178,76186	375
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	76216,76217,76218	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	76208,76217	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	76178	456
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	76192	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	76216	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	76216,76217	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	76216,76217	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	76178,76190	4899
Vashegyite ()*	None	Al₁₁(PO₄)₉(OH)₆·38H₂O	1	76175	28
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	76221	1247
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	76217	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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