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:
Miyake Island (Miyake-jima), Izu Archipelago, Tokyo, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 32096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miyake Island (Miyake-jima), Izu Archipelago, Tokyo, Japan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°4'59"N
Longitude: 139°31'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.083055555556,139.53305555556

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	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Tetrahedrite

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 Fe H Mg N O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg N O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Copper Corundum Feldspar None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kremersite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kremersite ()*	None	(NH₄)₂Fe³⁺Cl₅·H₂O	12
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040059	Miyake Island (Miyake-jima), Izu Archipelago, Tokyo, Japan	https://rruff.info/R040059
X050021	Miyake Island (Miyake-jima), Izu Archipelago, Tokyo, Japan	https://rruff.info/X050021

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