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Locality Name:
Itoigawa City, Niigata, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 8249
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8249.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Itoigawa City, Niigata, Japan": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Itoigawa-Ohmi District
Kotaki River (Kotakigawa)
Ōmi

Latitude: 37°1'26"N
Longitude: 137°47'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.023888888889,137.79944444444

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cr F Fe H Hg K La Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cr F Fe H La Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBenitoiteCalciteChevkiniteClayClinozoisiteCorundum
CristobaliteDiasporeDumortieriteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetJoaquiniteLawsoniteMicaNatrolite
NoneNot in a structural groupOhmilitePectolitePerovskitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelThomsoniteTitaniteZircon

72 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Amesite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)
Banalsite  (*)Benitoite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celsian  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Cymrite  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Diopside  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Edenite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epidote-(Sr)  (*)Fluorstrophite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Graphite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Itoigawaite  (*)Jadeite  (*)
Kosmochlor  (*)Lamprophyllite  (*)Lawsonite  (*)Leucosphenite  (*)Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)
Margarite  (*)Matsubaraite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Niigataite  (*)Ohmilite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pargasite  (*)
Pectolite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Piemontite-(Sr)  (*)Prehnite  (*)Preiswerkite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rengeite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Shandite  (*)Slawsonite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stronadelphite  (*)Stronalsite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Strontio-orthojoaquinite  (*)Strontiochevkinite  (*)Strontiojoaquinite  (*)Tausonite  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thomsonite-Sr  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2375956,75961,759623419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)375957,75958,759628803
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)417595974
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Banalsite  (*)NoneNa2BaAl4Si4O16022
Benitoite  (*)BenitoiteBaTiSi3O9275958,7596220
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)275961,7596327770
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)175959100
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1759612600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1759611025
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31759591797
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO2175958453
Cymrite  (*)NoneBa(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O046
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)175961481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61759594135
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O18175959231
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2175955160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1759638173
Epidote-(Sr)  (*)EpidoteCaSr(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08
Fluorstrophite  (*)ApatiteSrCaSr3(PO4)3F1759569
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17596124243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2175956286
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31759591544
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S20205
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Itoigawaite  (*)LawsoniteSrAl2Si2O7(OH)2·H2O1759632
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6775955,75959,75960,75961,75962,75963,75965154
Kosmochlor  (*)PyroxeneNaCr3+Si2O617595913
Lamprophyllite  (*)None(SrNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)217595563
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O0121
Leucosphenite  (*)NoneNa4BaTi2B2Si10O30275957,7595819
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2375957,75958,7596293
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)20168
Matsubaraite  (*)ChevkiniteSr4Ti5O8(Si2O7)21759551
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1759581508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2475958,75959,75961,7596317380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O275955,759631236
Niigataite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCaSrAl3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1759612
Ohmilite  (*)OhmiliteSr3(Ti,Fe3+)(Si2O6)2(O,OH)·2H2O375956,75958,759622
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6575955,75958,75959,75960,75963229
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2175959247
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2175959313
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)275962,75963363
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2275956,759582273
Piemontite-(Sr)  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCaSr(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)012
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2375958,75961,759631898
Preiswerkite  (*)MicaNaAlMg2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2014
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217595939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2575956,75957,75961,75963,7596461156
Rengeite  (*)ChevkiniteSr4Ti4ZrO8(Si2O7)2275955,759633
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2175958375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21759555614
Shandite  (*)NoneNi3Pb2S2014
Slawsonite  (*)NoneSr(Al2Si2O8)012
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41759591934
Stronadelphite  (*)ApatiteSr5(PO4)3F04
Stronalsite  (*)NoneNa2SrAl4Si4O16010
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)0589
Strontio-orthojoaquinite  (*)JoaquiniteNaSr4Fe3+Ti2Si8O24(OH)4475956,75957,75958,759622
Strontiochevkinite  (*)Chevkinite(Sr,Ce,La)4Fe2+(Ti,Zr)4O8(Si2O7)203
Strontiojoaquinite  (*)Joaquinite(Na,Fe)2Ba2Sr2Ti2(SiO3)8(O,OH)2·H2O1759564
Tausonite  (*)PerovskiteSrTiO31759555
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452
Thomsonite-Sr  (*)ThomsoniteNaSr2(Al5Si5)O20·6-7H2O1759593
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1759554899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2275959,759612562
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2175963109
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)375955,75961,759635251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1759591025



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