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Locality Name:
Yoshino District, Nara, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 157391
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157391.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yoshino District, Nara, Japan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Tenkawa Village
Totsukawa Village

Latitude: 33°58'18"N
Longitude: 135°56'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.971666666667,135.93861111111
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 As B Ca Co F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenopyriteBerylClayCobaltiteCorundumDumortieriteFeldsparGarnetLöllingite
MelanteriteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinel
TopazTourmalineVivianiteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Bieberite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Dumortierite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Grossular  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Ominelite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sekaninaite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1759288803
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS17593156
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5275928,759291310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3275926,759271534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1759319052
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O17593150
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS175932966
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181759281008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31759281797
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O18175929231
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O175931814
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS175931131
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31759271544
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31759295433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417592614899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2275928,7592917380
Ominelite  (*)NoneFe2+Al3O2(BO3)(SiO4)1759293
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1759282349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2275929,7593139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2575926,75927,75928,75929,7593161156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1759292705
Sekaninaite  (*)BerylFe2+2Al4Si5O1817592935
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51759281516
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3175931531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17592621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41759281934
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21759291476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1759295251


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