Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Nashik District, Maharashtra, India

mindat Locality ID: 30799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nashik District, Maharashtra, India": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 29

Number of Child Localities: 24
Child Localities:
Deolali Quarry
Dindori (Dhindori)
Eklara Quarries
Ganagpur Quarry
Igtapuri
Kalvan
Kopengaon
Makhmalabad Quarry
Malegaon
Mohu Quarry Complex
Nashik Quarry (Nasik Quarry)
Odah Quarry
Ojhar Quarry Complex
Ozar Quarries
Pandulena Hills
Parthady
Pimplas
Saikhede
Sarol Quarries
Shakur Quarry
Sinnar
Syed Pimpri
Vanidindori
Yeola

Latitude: 19°57'21"N
Longitude: 74°12'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.955833333333,74.210555555556

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.

Amorphous	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gyrolite
Heulandite	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Stilbite

Aluminoceladonite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Celadonite ()*	Epistilbite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Goosecreekite ()*	Gyrolite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Okenite ()*
Opal ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Yugawaralite ()*

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apophyllite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gyrolite
Heulandite Mica Mordenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Quartz Rhodonite Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Stilbite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aluminoceladonite ()*	Mica	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)Al(Si₄O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		12
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	66534	3250
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	66534	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	11	66525,66530,66534,66542,66545,66547,66549,66550,66551,66552,66553	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	66547,66553	309
Epistilbite ()*	Mordenite	Ca₃[Si₁₈Al₆O₄₈]·16H₂O	3	66525,66542,66549	138
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	6	66534,66538,66547,66549,66550,66553	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	66533,66534,66549,66550	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	66549	7437
Goosecreekite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·5H₂O	5	66525,66532,66534,66537,66549	13
Gyrolite ()*	Gyrolite	NaCa₁₆(Si₂₃Al)O₆₀(OH)₈·14H₂O	2	66534,66549	142
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	66549	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	0		246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	4	66534,66538,66539,66546	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	66525	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	1	66547	405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	0		1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		471
Okenite ()*	None	Ca₁₀Si₁₈O₄₆·18H₂O	2	66534,66552	71
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	66549	2994
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	7	66525,66538,66539,66541,66542,66547,66549	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	66534	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	66525,66528,66529,66532,66534,66537,66538,66543,66545,66549,66550,66551,66552	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	5	66534,66543,66544,66549,66550	390
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	3	66525,66542,66546	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	5	66534,66547,66549,66550,66553	268
Yugawaralite ()*	None	Ca(Si₆Al₂)O₁₆·4H₂O	1	66549	33

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050355	Nashik Quarry (Nasik Quarry), Nashik District, Maharashtra, India	https://rruff.info/R050355

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