Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pāderu, Eastern Ghats Belt, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

mindat Locality ID: 73282
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73282.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pāderu, Eastern Ghats Belt, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Araku
Shimliguda
Sunkarametta

Latitude: 18°18'11"N
Longitude: 82°55'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.303055555556,82.9325

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.

Beryl	Corundum	Garnet	Kornerupine	Milarite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Sapphirine	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 B F Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Corundum Garnet Kornerupine Milarite None Not in a structural group Quartz Sapphirine Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Grandidierite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Quartz ()*	Sapphirine ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	66053	2353
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	66053	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	0		1797
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	0		40
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	0		407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	0		68
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	0		42
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	2	66053,66054	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	66053	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3	66052,66053,66054	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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