Tieshan Quarry, Yigong, Bomi Co., Nyingtri Prefecture (Linzhi Prefecture), Tibet, Chinai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| 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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