Mineral Evolution Database
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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



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    • Minerals queried: Hotsonite

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    Max Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)mindat IDLocality containing MineralCountryTectonic SettingsDated Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Reference (Max Age)Reference (Min Age)Excel ID (Max Age)Excel ID (Min Age)Query Minerals# of Query Minerals at LocalityLat DegLat MinLat SecLon DegLon MinLon SecDecimal Degree
    693ChinaChinaHotsonite 133055111351933.015277777778,111.58861111111
    704Hubei, ChinaChinaHotsonite 131414112501831.070555555556,112.83833333333
    144134Shiyan, Hubei, ChinaChinaHotsonite 1324013110304532.670277777778,110.5125
    189145Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, ChinaChinaHotsonite 132235911081632.399722222222,110.13777777778
    MD225510Woodhouseite Occurrence, Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, ChinaChinaHotsonite 10000000,0
    24371Shaanxi, ChinaChinaHotsonite 1333914108341533.653888888889,108.57083333333
    135029Ankang, Shaanxi, ChinaChinaHotsonite 1325234109171732.876111111111,109.28805555556
    221216Baihe Co., Ankang, Shaanxi, ChinaChinaHotsonite 10000000,0
    MD221217Yuertan Mine (Yue'ertan Mine), Baihe Co., Ankang, Shaanxi, ChinaChinaHotsonite 10000000,0
    14409RussiaRussiaHotsonite 15356106839953.936111111111,68.6525
    14686Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaRussiaHotsonite 154531060272454.886111111111,60.456666666667
    MD273148Belyavinsky Mine, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RussiaRussiaHotsonite 10000000,0
    14468South AfricaSouth AfricaHotsonite 1-28-14-36264719-28.243333333333,26.788611111111
    5822Northern Cape, South AfricaSouth AfricaHotsonite 1-28-59-5823715-28.999444444444,23.120833333333
    14469Bushmanland, Northern Cape, South AfricaSouth AfricaHotsonite 10000000,0
    278094Koenabib Farm (Hotson 42 Farm), Bushmanland, Northern Cape, South AfricaSouth AfricaHotsonite 10000000,0
    MD11891Hotson 6 Mine, Koenabib Farm (Hotson 42 Farm), Bushmanland, Northern Cape, South AfricaSouth AfricaHotsonite 10000000,0
    2420Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South AfricaSouth AfricaHotsonite 1-29-41-1618295-29.687777777778,18.484722222222
    MD126778Pella, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape, South AfricaSouth AfricaHotsonite 10000000,0

    This mineral directly occurs at 5 localities (5 localities according to mindat, 19 localities if parents are counted as well)
    Of the 5 localities at which this mineral occurs, 0 have an age. (0 of the 19 parent localities have ages)


    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, but does not have an age yet.
    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, and has an age.
    The mineral occurs at some child of this locality.
    The locality at which the mineral occurs does not have an age...this is the closest parent locality with an age, relative to that mineral. This is not ideal.

    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.

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     This bottom-level locality is directly dated. (0 total)
     This locality is directly dated, but is not bottom-level. (0 total)
     This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (0 total)

     This bottom-level locality has an age assigned to it from some other locality. (0 total)
     This locality does not have an age assigned to it. (5 bottom-level + 14 top/mid-level = 19 total)

       






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