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Locality Name:
Tokara Archipelago, Kagoshima, Japan


mindat Locality ID: 53422
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53422.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tokara Archipelago, Kagoshima, Japan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Akuseki Island (Akusekijima)
Kogaja Island
Kuchino Island
Nakano Island
Suwanose Island

Latitude: 29°45'32"N
Longitude: 129°44'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.758888888889,129.74055555556
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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCorundumFeldsparMetavoltineNoneOlivineOrpimentPyroxeneSpinelSulphur
Voltaite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Realgar  (*)Spinel  (*)Sulphur  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)275422,754238803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)475420,75422,75423,754241036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61754242060
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6375422,75423,75424944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)275422,754231188
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4175422407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3275422,754235433
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2275422,75423238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4275422,7542314899
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O17542078
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3175421511
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS175421712
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41754221934
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS375422,75423,754242045
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O175420111


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