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:
Bixiling Complex, Yuexi Co., Anqing, Anhui, China

mindat Locality ID: 69440
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69440.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bixiling Complex, Yuexi Co., Anqing, Anhui, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Talc	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Barroisite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Coesite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*
Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Talc Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	49
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	94
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	77
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	229
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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