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Wuyishan City, Nanping, Fujian, Chinai
Regional Level Types
Wuyishan CityCity
NanpingPrefecture-level City
FujianProvince
ChinaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Wuyishan23,041 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
187886
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:187886:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Wuyishan, Nanping, Fujian, Chine
German:
Wuyishan, Nanping, Fujian, China
Italian:
Wuyishan, Nanping, Fujian, Cina
Simplified Chinese:
武夷山市, 南平市, 福建省, 中国
Spanish:
Ciudad Wuyishan, Nanping, Fujian, China
Arabic:
وايشان, نانبينغ, فوجيان, الصين
Cebuano:
Wuyishan, Nanping , Fujian Sheng, Tsina
Danish:
Wuyishan City, Nanping, Fujian, Kina
Dutch:
Wuyishan, Nanping, Fujian, China
Farsi/Persian:
وایشان, نانپینگ, فوجیان, جمهوری خلق چین
Gan:
武夷山市, 南平市, 福建, 中國
Hakka:
Vú-yî-sân-sṳ, Nàm-phìn-sṳ, Fuk-kian, Chûng-fà
Japanese:
武夷山市, 南平市, 福建省, 中国
Kapampangan:
Wuyishan, Nanping, Fujian, Tsina
Kikuyu:
Wuyishan, Nanping, China
Korean:
우이산시, 난핑시, 푸젠성, 중국
Min Dong Chinese:
Ū-ì-săng-chê, Nàng-bìng, Hók-gióng, Dṳ̆ng-huà Ìng-mìng Gê̤ṳng-huò-guók
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Bú-î-soaⁿ-chhī, Lâm-pêng-chhī, Hok-kiàn-séng, Tiong-hôa
Mirandese:
Wuyishan, China
Norwegian:
Wuyishan, Nanping, Fujian, Kina
Polish:
Wuyishan, Nanping, Fujian, Chiny
Swedish:
Wuyishan, Nanping, Fujian, Kina
Tibetan (Standard):
ཝུའུ་དབྱི་ཧྲན་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།, ཧྥུའུ་ཅན་ཞིང་ཆེན།, རྒྱ་ནག
Traditional Chinese:
武夷山市, 南平, 福建, 中國
Urdu:
ووئیشان، فوجیان, نانپنگ, فوجیان, چین
Vietnamese:
Vũ Di Sơn, Nam Bình, Phúc Kiến, Trung Quốc
Waray:
Wuyishan, Nanping, Fujian, Tsina
Western Punjabi:
ووییشان, نانپینگ, فوجیان, چین
Wu Chinese:
武夷山市, 南平市, 福建省, 中国


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Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

26 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
'Chlorite Group'
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Euxenite-(Y)
Formula: (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
'Feldspar Group'
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Galena
Formula: PbS
'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Kaolinite
Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
'K Feldspar'
'Limonite'
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Molybdenite
Formula: MoS2
'Molybdenite-2H'
Formula: MoS2
Molybdite
Formula: MoO3
'Monazite Group'
Formula: REE(PO4)
Montmorillonite
Formula: (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Muscovite var. Illite
Formula: K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Muscovite var. Sericite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Quartz var. Chalcedony
Formula: SiO2
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Thorite
Formula: Th(SiO4)
Topaz
Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Tremolite
Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Uraninite
Formula: UO2
Uraninite var. Pitchblende
Formula: UO2
'Wolframite Group'
Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)
'Xenotime'
Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Molybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Quartz
var. Chalcedony
4.DA.05SiO2
4.DA.05SiO2
'Wolframite Group'4.DB.30 va
Euxenite-(Y)4.DG.05(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Uraninite
var. Pitchblende
4.DL.05UO2
4.DL.05UO2
Molybdite4.E0.10MoO3
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Wulfenite7.GA.05Pb(MoO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
Thorite9.AD.30Th(SiO4)
Zircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
Topaz9.AF.35Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Tremolite9.DE.10◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Muscovite
var. Illite
9.EC.15K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
var. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Montmorillonite9.EC.40(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Kaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
'Chlorite Group'-
'Feldspar Group'-
'Limonite'-
'Monazite Group'-REE(PO4)
'Xenotime'-
'K Feldspar'-
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
'Molybdenite-2H'-MoS2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
H KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
H TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
H Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
H Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
O CalciteCaCO3
O Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
O HematiteFe2O3
O Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
O IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
O KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O MolybditeMoO3
O Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
O Uraninite var. PitchblendeUO2
O QuartzSiO2
O ThoriteTh(SiO4)
O TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
O Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
O UraniniteUO2
O WulfenitePb(MoO4)
O ZirconZr(SiO4)
O Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
F BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
F FluoriteCaF2
F TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
F ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
MgMagnesium
Mg BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Mg Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Mg Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Al KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Al TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Al Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Si Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Si KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Si QuartzSiO2
Si ThoriteTh(SiO4)
Si TopazAl2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Si Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Si ZirconZr(SiO4)
Si Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
PPhosphorus
P Monazite GroupREE(PO4)
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S GalenaPbS
S MarcasiteFeS2
S MolybdeniteMoS2
S PyriteFeS2
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
S SphaleriteZnS
S Molybdenite-2HMoS2
ClChlorine
Cl ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
K BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
K Muscovite var. IlliteK0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca Montmorillonite(Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2(Si4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Ca Tremolite◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
TiTitanium
Ti BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Ti Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Ti IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
FeIron
Fe BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
YYttrium
Y Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
ZrZirconium
Zr ZirconZr(SiO4)
NbNiobium
Nb Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
MoMolybdenum
Mo MolybdeniteMoS2
Mo MolybditeMoO3
Mo WulfenitePb(MoO4)
Mo Molybdenite-2HMoS2
CeCerium
Ce Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
TaTantalum
Ta Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS
Pb WulfenitePb(MoO4)
ThThorium
Th Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Th ThoriteTh(SiO4)
UUranium
U Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
U Uraninite var. PitchblendeUO2
U UraniniteUO2

Fossils

There are 21 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences21
Youngest Fossil Listed145 Ma (Late Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed164 Ma (Middle Jurassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Bantou13163.5 - 145 Ma (Jurassic)
Changlin8163.5 - 145 Ma (Jurassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Elatocladus
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Elatocladus163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Klukia
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Schizaeales : Klukiaceae : Klukia163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Acrostichopteris
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Schizaeales : Acrostichopteridaceae : Acrostichopteris163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Cladophlebis
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae : Cladophlebis163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Sagenopteris
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Ginkgoopsida : Caytoniaceae : Sagenopteris163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Cupressinocladus
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Cupressaceae : Cupressinocladus163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Brachyphyllum
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Brachyphyllum163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Sphenobaiera
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Ginkgoopsida : Ginkgoales : Karkeniaceae : Sphenobaiera163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Frenelopsis
genus
Plantae : Pinophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Cheirolepidiaceae : Frenelopsis163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Onychiopsis
genus
Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Onychiopsis163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Phoenicopsis
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Czekanowskiaceae : Phoenicopsis163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Podozamites
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Podozamites163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Pagiophyllum
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Araucariaceae : Pagiophyllum163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
Baiera
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Ginkgoopsida : Ginkgoales : Karkeniaceae : Baiera163.5 - 145 Ma
Jurassic
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuyishan,_Fujian
Wikidata ID:Q94945
GeoNames ID:1922014

Localities in this Region

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Yangtze PlateTectonic Plate

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