Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China

mindat Locality ID: 156607
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156607.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jinghong Co.
Menghai Co.
Mengla Co.

Latitude: 21°58'10"N
Longitude: 100°58'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.969444444444,100.97472222222

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Mirabilite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	45244	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	45244	8803
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	45246	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	45244	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	45246	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	45251	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	45250	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	45250	1398
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	45248	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	45244	14899
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	45250	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	45246	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	45244,45246	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	45246	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	45251	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	45246	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	45248	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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