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Illite from
Chaganbulagen Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, Jiawula Ag-polymetallic ore field, New Barag Right Banner (Xin Barag Youqi), Hulunbuir City (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Muscovite var: Illite
Formula:K0.65Al2.0[Al0.65Si3.35O10](OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Illite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chaganbulagen Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, Jiawula Ag-polymetallic ore field, New Barag Right Banner (Xin Barag Youqi), Hulunbuir City (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:458019
Long-form Identifier:1:3:458019:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Illite
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘJiawula Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, Jiawula Ag-polymetallic ore field, New Barag Right Banner (Xin Barag Youqi), Hulunbuir City (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
77.7km (48.3 miles) ⓘHulun lake, New Barag Right Banner (Xin Barag Youqi), Hulunbuir City (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
81.4km (50.6 miles) ⓘTsav, Dornod Province, Mongolia
81.7km (50.8 miles) ⓘHalasheng Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, New Barag Right Banner (Xin Barag Youqi), Hulunbuir City (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
98.8km (61.4 miles) ⓘWunugetushan Mine (Wunugetu Mine), Manzhouli, Hulunbuir City (Hulunbei'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China
References
USGS Open-File Report 03-220
Kaixuan, Hui; Kezhang, Qin; Guowu, Li; Ningyue, Sun; Mingjian, Cao; Lihui, Jia; Ting, Li; Yuan, Xue (2026) Sunshuite, FeBi2S4, a new member of the pavonite homologous series from the Jiawula-Chaganbulagen Ag-Pb-Zn ore field, Inner Mongolia, China. American Mineralogist. doi:10.2138/am-2025-10093
 
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