Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gujarat, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 78
Youngest recorded age at locality: 59

mindat Locality ID: 147202
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147202.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gujarat, India": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Ahmedabad District
Amba Dongar Complex
Anand District
Banaskantha District
Bharuch District
Bhavnagar District
Branch District
Junagadh (Girnar)
Limodra
Panch Mahal District
Rajkot District
Surendranager District
Vadodara District
Zaghadia (Jhagadia)

Latitude: 22°12'41"N
Longitude: 72°49'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.211388888889,72.819722222222

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite	Magnetoplumbite
Mica	Natrolite	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Wollastonite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cancrinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*
Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Halite ()*
Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hibonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Periclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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 Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Baryte Brucite Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Iron Kaolinite Magnetoplumbite
Mica Natrolite None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite Tridymite Wollastonite Zircon Zirconolite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	78	59	4	66170,66185,66195,66197	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			1	66188	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	66193	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			2	66195,66197	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	66197	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	78	59	2	66170,66195	3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			3	66193,66195,66197	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	78	59	2	66170,66195	11547
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	78	59	1	66170	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	78	59	4	66170,66189,66195,66197	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	78	59	4	66170,66185,66195,66197	232
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	78	59	1	66170	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	66193	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	66193	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	66193	3846
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	78	59	1	66170	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	66189,66193	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	78	59	2	66170,66195	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	66195	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	78	59	3	66170,66184,66195	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	66193	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	78	59	2	66170,66195	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	66195	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	66189	1544
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	66172	1398
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)			1	66195	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	78	59	3	66170,66195,66197	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	66193	407
Hibonite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	CaAl₁₂O₁₉			1	66193	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	78	59	2	66170,66193	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	66193	1089
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)			1	66195	233
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	66195	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	78	59	3	66170,66193,66195	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	66193	230
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	78	59	1	66170	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	78	59	4	66170,66185,66195,66197	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	66195,66197	2349
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	78	59	1	66170	114
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	78	59	2	66170,66195	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	78	59	2	66170,66195	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	78	59	12	66169,66170,66172,66179,66180,66181,66182,66188,66189,66191,66195,66199	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	78	59	2	66170,66195	6417
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl			2	66185,66193	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	66195	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	66193	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	66193	703
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	78	59	1	66170	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	66197	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	66193	1044
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	78	59	2	66170,66189	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	78	59	1	66170	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	78	59	1	66170	140

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000434	carbonatite complex
Jen_0000435	carbonatite complex
Jen_0000665	MAGMATIC STYLE: 1.5 km diameter ring dyke, plugs and dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nephelinite, phonolitic nephelinite and phonolite.
Jen_0000666	MAGMATIC STYLE: 1.5 km diameter ring dyke, plugs and dykes. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nephelinite, phonolitic nephelinite and phonolite.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000434	65	65	65	Ar-Ar	209439	Amba Dongar Complex, Gujarat, India	Amba Dongar Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000435	63	59	61±2	Ar-Ar	209439	Amba Dongar Complex, Gujarat, India	Amba Dongar Complex	Ernst and Bell (2010)	10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1	MP98_55
Jen_0000665	67	67	67		209439	Amba Dongar Complex, Gujarat, India	Amba Dongar	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000666	78	74	76±2	K-Ar	209439	Amba Dongar Complex, Gujarat, India	Amba Dongar	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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