Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

mindat Locality ID: 72065
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72065.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suzhou, Jiangsu, China": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Huqiu District
Suzhou City
Wujiang Co.
Zhangjiagang Co.

Latitude: 31°19'55"N
Longitude: 120°25'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.331944444444,120.43194444444

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Melilite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Diaspore ()*	Doyleite ()*	Fluorannite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gugiaite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halloysite-7Å ()*
Hematite ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nordenskiöldine ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	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 B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Melilite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Topaz Zircon

36 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)	1	41244	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	41245	966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	41245	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	41251,41252,41253,41254	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	41244	518
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	41245	481
Doyleite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	41245	15
Fluorannite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	1	41248	4
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	41244,41250,41255	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	41251,41252,41253,41254	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	41245	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	41245	7437
Gugiaite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂BeSi₂O₇	1	41258	5
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	41245	6890
Halloysite-7Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	41245	52
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	41245	14640
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	41245	62
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	41245	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	41251,41252,41253,41254	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	41245	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	41244,41245	17380
Nordenskiöldine ()*	None	CaSn(BO₃)₂	1	41250	16
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	41245	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	41244,41245,41251,41252,41254	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	41247	341
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	41245	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	41252	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	41244,41245	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	41244,41251,41252,41253,41254	21482
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	41244	99
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	1	41244	211
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	41244	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	41247	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	41244	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	41244	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	41247	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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