Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chhattisgarh, India

mindat Locality ID: 153514
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-153514.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chhattisgarh, India": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bastar Craton Pegmatites
Bastar District
Dantewada District
Erakot Meteorite
Jashpur District
Raipur District
Rajnandgaon District

Latitude: 19°18'33"N
Longitude: 82°1'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.309166666667,82.031388888889

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.

Apatite	Beryl	Braunite	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diamond	Feldspar
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Madocite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Braunite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cookeite ()*	Diamond ()*
Enstatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hetaerolite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Spinel ()*
Sterryite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Be C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Braunite Chlorite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Diamond Feldspar
Fluorite Kaolinite Löllingite Madocite Mica None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Serpentine Spinel Talc Titanite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8	66121,66123,66127,66132,66133,66134,66136,66138	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	14	66121,66123,66124,66125,66127,66128,66129,66130,66133,66134,66135,66136,66137,66138	244
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	66121	4286
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	66121	483
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	66121,66135	5171
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	66143,66151	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	66148	321
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	66143	951
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	1	66121	181
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	8	66145,66146,66151,66152,66153,66154,66155,66156	697
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	66143	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	66121,66123,66129	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	66121,66123,66136,66160	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	66143	1188
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	66145,66146,66150	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	66142	14640
Hetaerolite ()*	Spinel	ZnMn³⁺₂O₄	1	66121	73
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	66121	5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	66121	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	66143	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	66121	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	9	66121,66123,66124,66127,66129,66130,66133,66134,66136	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	66121,66123,66124,66127,66129,66130,66133,66134,66136,66138,66139	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	66121	353
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	66151	1934
Sterryite ()*	Madocite	Cu(Ag,Cu)₃Pb₁₉(Sb,As)₂₂(As)₂S₅₆	1	66121	6
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	66151	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	66151	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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