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:
Tokara Archipelago, Kagoshima, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 53422
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53422.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tokara Archipelago, Kagoshima, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Akuseki Island (Akusekijima)
Kogaja Island
Kuchino Island
Nakano Island
Suwanose Island

Latitude: 29°45'32"N
Longitude: 129°44'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.758888888889,129.74055555556

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	Corundum	Feldspar	Metavoltine	None	Olivine	Orpiment	Pyroxene	Spinel	Sulphur
Voltaite

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Metavoltine ()*
Orpiment ()*	Realgar ()*	Spinel ()*	Sulphur ()*	Voltaite ()*

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Corundum Feldspar Metavoltine None Olivine Orpiment Pyroxene Spinel Sulphur
Voltaite

15 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)	2	75422,75423	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	4	75420,75422,75423,75424	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	75424	2060
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	3	75422,75423,75424	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	75422,75423	1188
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	75422	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	75422,75423	5433
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	75422,75423	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	75422,75423	14899
Metavoltine ()*	Metavoltine	K₂Na₆Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₆O₂(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	75420	78
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	75421	511
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	75421	712
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	75422	1934
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	3	75422,75423,75424	2045
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	1	75420	111

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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