Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Boxian Meteorite, Xiaoyanzhuang, Qiaocheng District, Bozhou, Anhui, China

mindat Locality ID: 694
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-694.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boxian Meteorite, Xiaoyanzhuang, Qiaocheng District, Bozhou, Anhui, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°49'59"N
Longitude: 115°49'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.833055555556,115.83305555556

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Cerite	Copper	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Iron	Milarite	None
Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Tridymite	Wadsleyite

Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*
Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roedderite ()*	Spinel ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wadsleyite ()*	Whitlockite ()*	Wüstite ()*
Zhanghengite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Cerite Copper Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar Iron Milarite None
Olivine Pentlandite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Tridymite Wadsleyite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	94
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	453
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	230
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	303
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	30
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044
Wadsleyite ()*	Wadsleyite	Mg₂SiO₄	13
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆	104
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	74
Zhanghengite ()*	Iron	CuZn	6

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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