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Locality Name:
North Maluku Province, Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia


mindat Locality ID: 42719
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42719.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Maluku Province, Maluku Islands (Moluccas), Indonesia": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Buru Island
Gebe Island
Halmahera Island

Latitude: 0°22'12"N
Longitude: 128°37'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0.37,128.62444444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparKaolinite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
Stibnite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1670848803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6267084,67091966
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1670911588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21670843092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1670799052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)367079,67084,6709127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2267079,6708427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1670792600
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)167084481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4167084651
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1670848173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS267079,6708424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1670957437
Gold  (*)CopperAu367079,67084,6708730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1670792812
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41670845591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4367084,67091,6709514899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2267079,6708417380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1670842349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2267079,6708439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2167084771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81670799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2467079,67082,67084,6709161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS267079,6708421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31670793418


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