Mineral Evolution Database
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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



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    • Minerals queried: Rajite

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    Max Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)mindat IDLocality containing MineralCountryTectonic SettingsDated Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Reference (Max Age)Reference (Min Age)Excel ID (Max Age)Excel ID (Min Age)Query Minerals# of Query Minerals at LocalityLat DegLat MinLat SecLon DegLon MinLon SecDecimal Degree
    P1.791.114488JapanJapanMJ14_92MJ14_92Mo-00118Mo-00118Rajite 135195713558335.3325,135.9675
    P1.791.120094Shizuoka, JapanJapanMJ14_92MJ14_92Mo-00118Mo-00118Rajite 1345819138415434.971944444444,138.69833333333
    P1.791.1159600Shimoda City, Shizuoka, JapanJapanMJ14_92MJ14_92Mo-00118Mo-00118Rajite 1344033138572534.675833333333,138.95694444444
    P1.791.1212182Rendaiji, Shimoda City, Shizuoka, JapanJapanMJ14_92MJ14_92Mo-00118Mo-00118Rajite 1344157138551934.699166666667,138.92194444444
    MDO1.791.110178Kawazu Mine (Rendaiji Mine; Rendaizi Mine), Rendaiji, Shimoda City, Shizuoka, JapanJapan10178Kawazu Mine (Rendaiji Mine; Rendaizi Mine), Rendaiji, Shimoda City, Shizuoka, JapanMJ14_92MJ14_92Mo-00118Mo-00118Rajite 1344158138552034.699444444444,138.92222222222
    3366USAUSARajite 1374912-83-42-4937.82,-83.713611111111
    3991New Mexico, USAUSARajite 1343019-105-53-4134.505277777778,-105.89472222222
    24205Catron Co., New Mexico, USAUSARajite 1334341-108-26-833.728055555556,-108.43555555556
    33035Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USAUSARajite 1331555-108-45-3533.265277777778,-108.75972222222
    54583Lone Pine Hill Area, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USAUSARajite 1331340-108-44-133.227777777778,-108.73361111111
    MD3966Lone Pine Mine, Lone Pine Hill Area, Wilcox District, Catron Co., New Mexico, USAUSARajite 1331340-108-44-233.227777777778,-108.73388888889

    This mineral directly occurs at 2 localities (2 localities according to mindat, 11 localities if parents are counted as well)
    Of the 2 localities at which this mineral occurs, 1 has an age. (5 of the 11 parent localities have ages)


    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, but does not have an age yet.
    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, and has an age.
    The mineral occurs at some child of this locality.
    The locality at which the mineral occurs does not have an age...this is the closest parent locality with an age, relative to that mineral. This is not ideal.

    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.

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     This bottom-level locality is directly dated. (1 total)
     This locality is directly dated, but is not bottom-level. (0 total)
     This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (4 total)

     This bottom-level locality has an age assigned to it from some other locality. (0 total)
     This locality does not have an age assigned to it. (1 bottom-level + 5 top/mid-level = 6 total)

       






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