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Alabandite from
Daotuo Mn deposit, Songtao Mn ore field, Songtao Miao Autonomous County, Tongren, Guizhou, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Alabandite
Formula:MnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alabandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Daotuo Mn deposit, Songtao Mn ore field, Songtao Miao Autonomous County, Tongren, Guizhou, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:866990
Long-form Identifier:1:3:866990:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Alabandite
11.9km (7.4 miles) ⓘDatangpo Mn deposit, Songtao Mn ore field, Songtao Miao Autonomous County, Tongren, Guizhou, China
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘYanglizhang Mn deposit, Songtao Mn ore field, Songtao Miao Autonomous County, Tongren, Guizhou, China
17.3km (10.7 miles) ⓘGeliao Mn deposit, Xiushan Co., Chongqing, China
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘXixibao Mn deposit, Songtao Mn ore field, Songtao Miao Autonomous County, Tongren, Guizhou, China
29.8km (18.5 miles) ⓘXiaochayuan Mine (Rongxi Mine), Rongxi, Xiushan Co., Chongqing, China
94.7km (58.8 miles) ⓘMinyue Mn deposit (Minle Mn deposit), Huayuan Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China
References
Qi Zhou, Yuansheng Du, and Ying Qin (2013): Mineral Deposits 32(3), 457-466
 
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