Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Luzhou, Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 229936
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229936.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luzhou, Sichuan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Xuyong Co.

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rutile

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 Fe H K O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Clay Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Allophane ()*	Anatase ()*	Calcite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halloysite-10Å ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	1	43562	470
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	43562	2162
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43562	27770
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	43562	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	43562	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	43562	6890
Halloysite-10Å ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O	1	43562	62
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43562	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	43562	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	43562	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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