Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Koshiki Archipelago, Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 241586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Koshiki Archipelago, Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sato-mura
Shimokoshiki Island

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.

Atacamite	Brannerite	Connellite	Feldspar	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

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 Ca Cl Cu H Na O S Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Brannerite Connellite Feldspar Gypsum None Not in a structural group Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Connellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Paratacamite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	75408	8803
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	75406,75408	544
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	75406	248
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	75406	295
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	75406	2970
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	75408	6890
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	75406	158
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	75408	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...