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Locality Name:
Mie, Japan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 153
Youngest recorded age at locality: 76.2

mindat Locality ID: 53679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mie, Japan": 51
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Daian
Iga City
Inabe
Ise City
Iseji
Kameyama City
Kishu Mine
Komono Town
Kujisato Town
Kumano City
Kuwana City
Miyazuma-kyo
Nabari
Nyu Mine (Niu Mine)
Owase City
Sanpei-Fukutoku Mine
Takehara Mine
Taki-cho
Tamashido Town
Toba City
Tsu City
Watarai Town

Latitude: 34°27'1"N
Longitude: 136°9'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.450277777778,136.16111111111

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Aeschynite	Allanite	Allophane	Alumohydrocalcite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite
Aragonite	Beryl	Bournonite	Braunite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Ettringite	Fairfieldite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Humite	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Mica	Millerite
Mixite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Orpiment
Pectolite	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rowlandite
Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Stilpnomelane	Thomsonite	Titanite
Tobermorite	Topaz	Vesuvianite	Vivianite	Wollastonite	Woodwardite

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: Ag Al As Au B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Hg K La Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th Ti V W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Aeschynite Allanite Allophane Alumohydrocalcite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Andalusite
Aragonite Beryl Bournonite Braunite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Ettringite Fairfieldite Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Hexahydrite Humite Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Mica Millerite
Mixite Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group Olivine Orpiment
Pectolite Pentlandite Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rowlandite
Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Stilpnomelane Thomsonite Titanite
Tobermorite Topaz Vesuvianite Vivianite Wollastonite Woodwardite

128 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Allophane ()*	Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Analcime ()*
Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arupite ()*	Augite ()*	Bannisterite ()*	Bementite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brookite ()*	Bultfonteinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caryopilite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Coalingite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Cummingtonite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Desautelsite ()*	Diopside ()*
Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eosphorite ()*	Ferriakasakaite-(La) ()*	Ferriandrosite-(La) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gageite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Grunerite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrohonessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Imayoshiite ()*	Iseite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Julgoldite-(Mg) ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesiorowlandite-(Y) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Meionite ()*	Messelite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*
Microcline ()*	Mieite-(Y) ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Monazite-(La) ()*	Morenosite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Népouite ()*
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Oyelite ()*
Pectolite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Petersite-(La) ()*	Polydymite ()*	Posnjakite ()*
Potassic-ferro-pargasite ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Al) ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyroaurite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Reevesite ()*	Retgersite ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stevensite ()*
Suolunite ()*	Sussexite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tephroite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Troilite ()*	Vanadoallanite-(La) ()*
Vantasselite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Violarite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Vuagnatite ()*
Wairakite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	75645	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	75659	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			1	75648	141
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	75634	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	75644,75648	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	75631,75648,75677,75679	706
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	75673	77
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O			1	75659	470
Alumohydrocalcite ()*	Alumohydrocalcite	CaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·4H₂O			1	75668	46
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			1	75675	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	153	76.2	0		2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	75662	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	75675	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			2	75644,75659	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	75675	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	75675	3250
Arupite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	75675	2
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	75659	2060
Bannisterite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(Ca,K,Na)(Mn²⁺,Fe²⁺)₁₀(Si,Al)₁₆O₃₈(OH)₈·nH₂O			1	75673	20
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈			1	75639	173
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	75645	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	75673	483
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	153	76.2	0		700
Bultfonteinite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₂SiO₃(OH)F·H₂O	153	142	1	75640	20
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	153	142	7	75639,75640,75644,75645,75673,75674,75675	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	75639,75672,75673	83
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	75645	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	75639,75645	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	75660	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	75675	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	75675	1025
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O			2	75671,75674	27
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	75675	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	75662	1008
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	75672	599
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	75659	327
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	75675	2970
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	75666,75668	90
Desautelsite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Mn³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	75674	9
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	75675	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	75675	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	75641	9895
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	75656	128
Ferriakasakaite-(La) ()*	Epidote	CaLaFe³⁺AlMn²⁺(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)O(OH)			1	75639	3
Ferriandrosite-(La) ()*	Epidote	MnLaFe³⁺AlMn²⁺(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)O(OH)			1	75639	1
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	75645	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂			1	75648	163
Gageite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₂₁Si₈O₂₇(OH)₂₀			1	75681	14
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	75645	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			3	75650,75659,75670	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	75659	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	75645	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	75647,75675	1544
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	75659	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	75675	6890
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂			2	75639,75675	205
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	75647	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	75639	14640
Hydrohonessite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)			1	75675	12
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	75659	5433
Imayoshiite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Al(CO₃)[B(OH)₄](OH)₆·12H₂O	153	142	1	75640	1
Iseite ()*	Nolanite	Mn₂Mo₃O₈			1	75639	1
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	75673	172
Julgoldite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgFe³⁺₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	75675	1
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	75659	5591
Magnesiorowlandite-(Y) ()*	Rowlandite	Y₄(Mg,Fe)(Si₂O₇)₂F₂			1	75648	2
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	75639	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)			1	75644	176
Messelite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Fe²⁺(PO₄)₂·2H₂O			1	75656	43
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			2	75660,75667	255
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	75679	4924
Mieite-(Y) ()*	Not in a structural group	Y₄Ti(SiO₄)₂O[F,(OH)]₆			1	75648	1
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	75675	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	75639	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	79.6	76.2	1	75664	945
Monazite-(La) ()*	Monazite	La(PO₄)			1	75639	38
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	75675	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	75645,75648	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	75675	1236
Népouite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	75675	66
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	75675	37
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	75641	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	75660	511
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	75673	2349
Oyelite ()*	None	Ca₅BSi₄O₁₃(OH)₃·4H₂O	153	142	1	75640	7
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)			2	75674,75675	363
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			2	75639,75675	1512
Petersite-(La) ()*	Mixite	Cu₆La(PO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	75654	1
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄			1	75675	131
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O			1	75675	309
Potassic-ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	75644	6
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	75639	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	75674	1898
Pumpellyite-(Al) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Al₃(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH,O)₂·H₂O			1	75675	19
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	75644,75645,75660,75666	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	75675	89
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃			1	75634	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	75645	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	75636,75645,75648,75679	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	75660	712
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O			1	75675	48
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	75675	55
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	75639,75673	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	75634	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	153	76.2	0		5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	75647	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	75662	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	75634	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	75645	21482
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	75674	57
Suolunite ()*	None	Ca₂Si₂O₅(OH)₂·H₂O			1	75674	7
Sussexite ()*	None	Mn²⁺BO₂(OH)			1	75681	25
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	75675	1101
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)			3	75634,75639,75672	240
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O			1	75675	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	75644	4899
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	153	142	3	75640,75674,75675	114
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	75636	1476
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	75675	1044
Vanadoallanite-(La) ()*	Epidote	CaLa³⁺V³⁺AlFe²⁺(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)O(OH)			1	75639	1
Vantasselite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₄(PO₄)₃(OH)₃·9H₂O			1	75642	5
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	75675	1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	75675	380
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	75656	636
Vuagnatite ()*	Adelite	CaAlSiO₄(OH)			2	75671,75674	14
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O			1	75675	73
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	75647	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂			2	75674,75675	109

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Nina_499	Imayoshiite occurs in altered gabbro xenoliths with bultfonteinite, oyelite, tobermorite hosted in serpentinized dunite.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Nina_499	153	142	142–153	K-Ar	Age of ophiolitic belt		253416	Suisho-dani, Ise City, Mie, Japan	Suisho-dani	Ichiyama et al. (2014)	10.1007/s00410-014-1019-1	CMP168_1018	Age of ophiolitic belt
Scott-CS11_527-0001	71.9	76.2	71.9-76.2	K-Ar	age of mineralization	K, Al	203802	Takehara Mine, Mie, Japan	Takehara mine	Matsuda et al.	10.11362/jcssjclayscience1960.11.527	CS11_527
Scott-CS11_527-0002	79.6	83.7	79.6-83.7	K-Ar	age of mineralization		203802	Takehara Mine, Mie, Japan	Takehara mine	Matsuda et al.	10.11362/jcssjclayscience1960.11.527	CS11_527

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