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Locality Name:
Suizhou Meteorite (Suizhou L6 Chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou, Hubei, China


mindat Locality ID: 5562
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5562.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suizhou Meteorite (Suizhou L6 Chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou, Hubei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°37'0"N
Longitude: 113°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.616666666667,113.46666666667

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 Ba Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCeriteChalcopyriteCopperCoronaditeCorundumGarnetIronNickelineNone
OlivinePalmieritePerovskitePost-spinelPyroxeneRocksaltSpinelWadsleyite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Akimotoite  (*)Asimowite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Copper  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Hemleyite  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Lingunite  (*)Majorite  (*)Merrillite  (*)
Perovskite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Ringwoodite  (*)Shenzhuangite  (*)Taenite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Tuite  (*)Wangdaodeite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Wüstite  (*)
Xieite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akimotoite  (*)CorundumMgSiO3010
Asimowite  (*)WadsleyiteFe2SiO401
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl0203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Hemleyite  (*)CorundumFeSiO301
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Iron  (*)IronFe01089
Lingunite  (*)CoronaditeNaAlSi3O809
Majorite  (*)GarnetMg3(MgSi)(SiO4)3024
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)70230
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Ringwoodite  (*)SpinelSiMg2O4025
Shenzhuangite  (*)ChalcopyriteNiFeS201
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)0703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS01044
Tuite  (*)PalmieriteCa3(PO4)207
Wangdaodeite  (*)CorundumFeTiO301
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)60104
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO074
Xieite  (*)Post-spinelFeCr2O402



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R150063Suizhou Meteorite (Suizhou L6 Chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou, Hubei, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R150063
R150142Suizhou Meteorite (Suizhou L6 Chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou, Hubei, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R150142


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