Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India

mindat Locality ID: 147187
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147187.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Anantagiri District
Borra
Eastern Ghats Belt
Kodúr Mines
Nedagolla Meteorite
Visakhapatnam (Vizagapatam; Vizag)

Latitude: 18°13'16"N
Longitude: 83°10'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.221111111111,83.178611111111

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Beryl	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Kornerupine
Mica	Milarite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sapphirine	Scapolite
Spinel

Almandine ()*	Cohenite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Diopside ()*	Grandidierite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kalsilite ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Leucite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Meionite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Osumilite-(Mg) ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Potassic-chloro-hastingsite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Wüstite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cr F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Beryl Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Iron Kornerupine
Mica Milarite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sapphirine Scapolite
Spinel

28 IMA Minerals at location:

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	2	66051,66053	2353
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	66056	77
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	66051,66053	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	66051	1797
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	66056	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	66048	4135
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)	1	66051	40
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	66048,66056	2812
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	66050	209
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	66051	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	66051	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	66056	1089
Kalsilite ()*	None	KAlSiO₄	1	66048	49
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1	66051	68
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	1	66048	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	66055,66056	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	66048	176
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	66055	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	66050	2349
Osumilite-(Mg) ()*	Milarite	KMg₂Al₃(Al₂Si₁₀)O₃₀	1	66051	42
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	66048	2273
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	KCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂Cl₂	1	66050	9
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	66050,66051	61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	4	66047,66051,66053,66054	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	66051,66053	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	4	66051,66052,66053,66054	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	66056	703
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	66056	74

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-23	Ananthagiri (Anantagiri), Eastern Ghats Belt, Anantagiri District, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-1-to-fkm-25/#FKM-23

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