Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kurihara, Miyagi, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 224828
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224828.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kurihara, Miyagi, Japan": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hosokura Mine
Monji Mine

Latitude: 38°48'28"N
Longitude: 140°53'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.807777777778,140.89944444444

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.

Aragonite	Aramayoite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epsomite	Fluorite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Aramayoite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Aramayoite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Epsomite Fluorite
Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aramayoite ()*	Aramayoite	Ag₃Sb₂(Bi,Sb)S₆	1	75698	29
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	75698	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	75698	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	75698	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	75698	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	75698	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	75698	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	75698	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	75698	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	75698	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	75698	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	75698	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	75698	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	75698	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	75698	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	75698	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	75698	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	75698	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	75698	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	75698	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	75698	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	75698	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	75698	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	75698	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	75699	712
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	75698	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	75698	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	75698	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	75698	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	75698	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	75698	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	75698	372
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	1	75698	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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