Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tsushima Islands, Nagasaki, Japan

mindat Locality ID: 59156
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59156.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tsushima Islands, Nagasaki, Japan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Taishu-Shigekuma Mine
Tsushima-Shimoshima Island

Latitude: 34°13'14"N
Longitude: 129°13'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.220555555556,129.21888888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beidellite ()*	Boyleite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Feldspar Mica Nickeline None Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Starkeyite Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	75908	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	75908	9052
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	75908	85
Boyleite ()*	Starkeyite	Zn(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	75908	23
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	75908	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	75908	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	75908	577
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	75908	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	75908	17380
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	75908	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	75908	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	75908	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	75905	5317
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	75908	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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