Predictive Mineralogy
Possible unrecorded species at Mihara mine, Higashi-Mihara, Ibara City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
This table is based on statistical analysis of other localities containing similar species to the ones found at this locality.
Possible missing species | Formula | Match % | Due to recorded presence of |
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Quartz | SiO2 | 99.99% | Aguilarite (77.98 %), Altaite (73.16 %), Azurite (64.09 %), Bornite (66.21 %), Chalcopyrite (67.26 %), Cubanite (63.93 %), Gold (52.20 %), Epidote (69.84 %), Galena (65.16 %), Greenockite (63.83 %), Hedenbergite (68.23 %), Hessite (75.85 %), Malachite (61.21 %), Melonite (65.02 %), Miharaite (80.00 %), Naumannite (77.27 %), Pyrite (67.27 %), Sphalerite (67.53 %), Wittichenite (76.99 %) |
Calcite | CaCO3 | 99.99% | Afwillite (78.72 %), Aguilarite (65.14 %), Bultfonteinite (70.83 %), Epidote (51.60 %), Fukalite (77.78 %), Greenockite (70.86 %), Hedenbergite (60.34 %), Miharaite (60.00 %), Naumannite (57.44 %), Spurrite (73.24 %), Wittichenite (55.07 %), Xonotlite (64.71 %) |
Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS | 98.56% | Altaite (53.19 %), Bismutohauchecornite (57.14 %), Cubanite (81.53 %), Melonite (61.32 %) |
Wollastonite | Ca3(Si3O9) | 93.79% | Afwillite (51.06 %), Fukalite (66.67 %), Spurrite (61.97 %) |
Magnetite | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 91.24% | Cubanite (57.24 %), Hedenbergite (57.46 %), Melonite (51.85 %) |
Diopside | CaMgSi2O6 | 84.72% | Bultfonteinite (54.17 %), Fukalite (66.67 %) |
Tobermorite | Ca4Si6O17(H2O)2 Β· (Ca Β· 3H2O) | 80.14% | Afwillite (55.32 %), Fukalite (55.56 %) |
Chalcocite | Cu2S | 78.08% | Miharaite (50.00 %), Wittichenite (56.16 %) |
Vesuvianite | Ca19Fe3+Al4(Al6Mg2)(β»4)β»[Si2O7]4[(SiO4)10]O(OH)9 | 77.77% | Fukalite (77.78 %) |
Covellite | CuS | 77.12% | Miharaite (50.00 %), Wittichenite (54.25 %) |
Acanthite | Ag2S | 68.80% | Aguilarite (68.81 %) |
Andradite | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 66.66% | Fukalite (66.67 %) |
Foshagite | Ca4(Si3O9)(OH)2 | 66.66% | Fukalite (66.67 %) |
Aikinite | PbCuBiS3 | 65.00% | Miharaite (65.00 %) |
Ettringite | Ca6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12 Β· 26H2O | 61.70% | Afwillite (61.70 %) |
Pentlandite | (NixFey)Ξ£9S8 | 57.14% | Bismutohauchecornite (57.14 %) |
Phlogopite | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 57.14% | Bismutohauchecornite (57.14 %) |
Gehlenite | Ca2Al[AlSiO7] | 55.55% | Fukalite (55.56 %) |
Hematite | Fe2O3 | 51.23% | Wittichenite (51.23 %) |
Bismuth | Bi | 50.00% | Miharaite (50.00 %) |
Bismuthinite | Bi2S3 | 50.00% | Miharaite (50.00 %) |
Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 50.00% | Miharaite (50.00 %) |
Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 44.00% | Miharaite (55.00 %) |
Perovskite | CaTiO3 | 40.00% | Bultfonteinite (50.00 %) |
Key: Mineral matches key element mineralogy of deposit Key element(s) in mineral not listed for deposit (-20% score)
Predicting paragenetic modes of deposit
Green indicates almost certain match based on minerals unique to a certain deposit type. Yellow indicates a possibly poor match, but should not be entirely discounted. Scores > 100 indicate strong confidence.