Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nawahatu, Purulia District, West Bengal, India

mindat Locality ID: 146186
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146186.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nawahatu, Purulia District, West Bengal, India": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Nawahatu #1 Baryte Quarry
Nawahatu #2 Baryte Quarry
Ukma

Latitude: 23°25'0"N
Longitude: 86°2'60"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.416666666667,86.05

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Brannerite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Topaz

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celsian ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Margarite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Thorutite ()*	Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Ba Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Nb O P S Si Th Ti U Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Brannerite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Staurolite Titanite Topaz

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	66914	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	66914,66915,66916	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	66914,66915,66916	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	66914,66915,66916	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	3	66914,66915,66916	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	3	66914,66915,66916	100
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	0		94
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	66914,66915,66916	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	0		414
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	66914,66915,66916	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	66914,66915,66916	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	66914,66915,66916	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	66914,66915,66916	14899
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	0		168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	66914,66915,66916	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	66914,66915,66916	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	66914,66915,66916	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	0		353
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	0		1516
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	0		978
Thorutite ()*	Brannerite	(Th,U,Ca)Ti₂(O,OH)₆	0		10
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	0		1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	3	66914,66915,66916	652
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	66914,66915,66916	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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