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:
Okinawa Island, Okinawa, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 32025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Okinawa Island, Okinawa, Japan": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Heshikiya Cape
Nago City
Naha District
Onna-son
Yanbaru Region
Yomitan

Latitude: 26°26'40"N
Longitude: 127°52'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.444444444444,127.88111111111

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.

Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	None	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz
Spinel	Stibnite

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 Mg O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote None Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz
Spinel Stibnite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Maghemite ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	76206	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	76210	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	76210,76211,76213	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	76210	14640
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	76210,76211	229
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	76203	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	76210,76211	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	76210,76211,76213	61156
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	76208	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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