Tieshan Quarry, Yigong, Bomi Co., Nyingtri Prefecture (Linzhi Prefecture), Tibet, Chinai
Regional Level Types | |
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Tieshan Quarry | Quarry |
Yigong | - not defined - |
Bomi Co. | County |
Nyingtri Prefecture (Linzhi Prefecture) | Prefecture |
Tibet | Autonomous Region |
China | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
30° North , 94° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
225952
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:225952:2
GUID (UUID V4):
04d504ca-3f02-4761-8a4b-4904328b1579
Name(s) in local language(s):
铁山石矿, 易贡乡, 波密县 (སྤོ་མེས་རྫོང་), 林芝地区 (ཉིང་ཁྲི་ས་ཁུལ་), 西藏自治区, 中国
An active granite quarry, operated by Tibet Sanli Stone Development Co. Ltd.
The granite hosts veins with gem-quality uvarovite. Individual crystals are 7-21 mm across and occasionally fully transparent.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Chromite Formula: Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Uvarovite Formula: Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
---|---|---|---|
ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Uvarovite | 9.AD.25 | Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
C | Carbon | |
---|---|---|
C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Uvarovite | Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Uvarovite | Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | ⓘ Uvarovite | Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 |
Cr | Chromium | |
Cr | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Cr | ⓘ Uvarovite | Ca3Cr2(SiO4)3 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
AsiaContinent
- Hindukush Himalayan RegionGroup of Mountain Ranges
China
- ⭔Southwest ChinaRegion
- Tibet
- Bangonghu–Nujiang metallogenic beltMineral Belt
- Gangdese Metallogenic BeltMineral Belt
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
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