Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
CC4 Kimberlite, Chigicherla Cluster, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1138
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1102

mindat Locality ID: 265068
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-265068.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "CC4 Kimberlite, Chigicherla Cluster, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 14°31'0"N
Longitude: 77°38'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 14.516666666667,77.633333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Mica	None	Perovskite	Spinel

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Diamond Mica None Perovskite Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Diamond ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1138	1102	27770
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1138	1102	697
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1138	1102	5433
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1138	1102	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1138	1102	2273
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1138	1102	1934

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_372	Gollapalle (CC-4) is of the Chigicherla cluster in the Warjrakarur Kimberlite Field. Emplaced in basement granitoids, it is a circular body of hard melanocratic and greenish black material. Weathered, carbonated and clay rich variety occurs here as well.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_372	1138	1102	1120±18	U-Pb	Age of kimberlite emplacement		perovskite	CC4/2			Perovskite			265068	CC4 Kimberlite, Chigicherla Cluster, Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India	Gollapalle	Rao et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.04.023	CM353_48	Age of kimberlite emplacement

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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