Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Nankoku City, Kochi, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 272486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nankoku City, Kochi, Japan": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ananai Mine
Inosawa Mine
Oko

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	Amphibole	Auricupride	Axinite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet	Humite	None	Olivine	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pumpellyite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Serpentine	Spinel	Stilpnomelane

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Andradite ()*
Awaruite ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Bannisterite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*
Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Datolite ()*
Epidote-(Sr) ()*	Gageite ()*	Ganophyllite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jacobsite ()*	Natronambulite ()*	Neotocite ()*	Okhotskite ()*	Parsettensite ()*
Piemontite ()*	Piemontite-(Sr) ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Taneyamalite ()*
Tephroite ()*	Tinzenite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Auricupride Axinite Baryte Braunite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet Humite None Olivine Perovskite Prehnite Pumpellyite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Serpentine Spinel Stilpnomelane

37 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	75499	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	75499	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	75499,75501,75505	8803
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	75499	77
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	75499	1534
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	75507	166
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	3	75499,75501,75502	88
Bannisterite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(Ca,K,Na)(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₁₀(Si,Al)₁₆O₃₈(OH)₈·nH₂O	1	75499	20
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	75499,75501,75505	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	2	75499,75501	173
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	4	75499,75500,75501,75505	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	75499,75501,75505	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	75499,75500,75505	83
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	75499	2600
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	75499	498
Epidote-(Sr) ()*	Epidote	CaSr(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	75499	8
Gageite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₂₁Si₈O₂₇(OH)₂₀	1	75499	14
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)	3	75499,75500,75505	45
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	2	75499,75505	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	75499,75500,75501,75505	14640
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	75500	172
Natronambulite ()*	Rhodonite	NaMn²⁺₄Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	75499	7
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	75499	186
Okhotskite ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	75499	5
Parsettensite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O	1	75499	43
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	75500,75501,75505	260
Piemontite-(Sr) ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	CaSr(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	75499,75502	12
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	75499	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	75499	15
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	75499,75500,75501,75505	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	4	75499,75500,75501,75505	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	4	75499,75500,75501,75505	969
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	75500	312
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	2	75500,75505	456
Taneyamalite ()*	None	(Na,Ca)Mn²⁺₁₂(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₄₄	1	75499	5
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	75499	240
Tinzenite ()*	Axinite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₄Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	2	75499,75505	24

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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