Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Brownleeite	Calcite	Calzirtite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Crichtonite	Diamond	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Magnetoplumbite	Matlockite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel
Wurtzite	Zircon

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 ()*

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:
Amphibole Apatite Brownleeite Calcite Calzirtite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Crichtonite Diamond Epidote Feldspar Garnet Iron Magnetoplumbite Matlockite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel
Wurtzite Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	43042,43046,43048	27770
Calzirtite ()*	Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆	1	43043	32
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43042	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	43043,43048	3902
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr	1	43048	26
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	43048	77
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	3	43045,43046,43048	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	43043,43048	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	43042,43043	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43042	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	43048	2740
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	43043	70
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	43042	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43043	1544
Hawthorneite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	BaMgTi₃Cr₄Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂O₁₉	1	43043	2
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	43043,43046,43048	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	43046,43048	1089
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	43048	192
Lindsleyite ()*	Crichtonite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈	1	43045	12
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	43042,43043	14899
Mathiasite ()*	Crichtonite	(K,Ba,Sr)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈	1	43043	7
Matlockite ()*	Matlockite	PbClF	1	43048	29
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC	1	43043	57
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43042	17380
Naquite ()*	Brownleeite	FeSi	0		8
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	43048	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	2	43043,43048	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	43043,43048	2273
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1	43048	131
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅	0		164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	43042	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43048	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	43042,43043	61156
Quenselite ()*	None	PbMn³⁺O₂(OH)	1	43048	5
Qusongite ()*	None	WC	1	43043	3
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	43043	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43048	598
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	43046	275
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43042	2562
Tungsten ()*	Iron	W	1	43048	23
Yimengite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	K[Ti₃Cr₅Fe³⁺₂Mg₂]O₁₉	1	43043	5
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	43043	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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