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Locality Name:
Yimeng Mts (Yimeng Shan), Linyi, Shandong, China


mindat Locality ID: 4374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yimeng Mts (Yimeng Shan), Linyi, Shandong, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mengyin Co.

Latitude: 35°40'7"N
Longitude: 117°46'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.668611111111,117.7775

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteBrownleeiteCalciteCalzirtiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CrichtoniteDiamondEpidoteFeldsparGarnetIronMagnetoplumbiteMatlockiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePseudobrookitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSpinel
WurtziteZircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Calzirtite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chromium  (*)
Coesite  (*)Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Geikielite  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hawthorneite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Lead  (*)Lindsleyite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mathiasite  (*)Matlockite  (*)Moissanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naquite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pseudobrookite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Quenselite  (*)Qusongite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sylvite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tungsten  (*)
Yimengite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)343042,43046,4304827770
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O1614304332
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214304227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4243043,430483902
Chromium  (*)IronCr14304826
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO214304877
Diamond  (*)DiamondC343045,43046,43048697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6243043,430484135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2243042,430439895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1430428173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1430482740
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO314304370
Gold  (*)CopperAu14304230554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31430431544
Hawthorneite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteBaMgTi3Cr4Fe2+2Fe3+2O191430432
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3343043,43046,430485433
Iron  (*)IronFe243046,430481089
Lead  (*)CopperPb143048192
Lindsleyite  (*)Crichtonite(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)2(Ti,Cr,Fe)18O3814304512
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4243042,4304314899
Mathiasite  (*)Crichtonite(K,Ba,Sr)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)2(Ti,Cr,Fe)18O381430437
Matlockite  (*)MatlockitePbClF14304829
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC14304357
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214304217380
Naquite  (*)BrownleeiteFeSi08
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81430481512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3243043,43048495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2243043,430482273
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4143048131
Pseudobrookite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Fe3+2Ti)O50164
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214304239462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3143048341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2243042,4304361156
Quenselite  (*)NonePbMn3+O2(OH)1430485
Qusongite  (*)NoneWC1430433
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21430435614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)143048598
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl143046275
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21430422562
Tungsten  (*)IronW14304823
Yimengite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteK[Ti3Cr5Fe3+2Mg2]O191430435
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1430435251



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