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Kuai'an, Jin'an District, Fuzhou, Fujian, Chinai
Regional Level Types
Kuai'an- not defined -
Jin'an DistrictDistrict
FuzhouPrefecture-level City
FujianProvince
ChinaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
26° North , 119° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~43km
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
280289
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:280289:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


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11 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Aegirine
Formula: NaFe3+Si2O6
Habit: Perfect short and long prismatic crystals with {131} and {692} as predominant forms, many of them twinned
Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Arfvedsonite
Formula: [Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Hematite
Formula: Fe2O3
Ilmenite
Formula: Fe2+TiO3
Habit: Trigonal platy crystals to 3 cm
Description: Contains high fractions of Mn and Zn.
'K Feldspar'
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Pyrophanite
Formula: Mn2+TiO3
Habit: Trigonal platy crystals to 3 cm.
Description: Contains high fractions of Fe and Zn.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Zircon
Formula: Zr(SiO4)

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Ilmenite4.CB.05Fe2+TiO3
Pyrophanite4.CB.05Mn2+TiO3
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
Zircon9.AD.30Zr(SiO4)
Aegirine9.DA.25NaFe3+Si2O6
Arfvedsonite9.DE.25[Na][Na2][Fe2+4Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
'K Feldspar'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
OOxygen
O AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
O HematiteFe2O3
O IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O PyrophaniteMn2+TiO3
O QuartzSiO2
O ZirconZr(SiO4)
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
NaSodium
Na AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
SiSilicon
Si AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
Si ZirconZr(SiO4)
SSulfur
S SphaleriteZnS
CaCalcium
Ca FluoriteCaF2
TiTitanium
Ti IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Ti PyrophaniteMn2+TiO3
MnManganese
Mn PyrophaniteMn2+TiO3
FeIron
Fe AegirineNaFe3+Si2O6
Fe Arfvedsonite[Na][Na2][Fe42+Fe3+]Si8O22(OH)2
Fe HematiteFe2O3
Fe IlmeniteFe2+TiO3
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
ZrZirconium
Zr ZirconZr(SiO4)

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