Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Palghat District, Kerala, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 496
Youngest recorded age at locality: 452

mindat Locality ID: 153515
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-153515.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Palghat District, Kerala, India": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kuttippuram Meteorite
Vattalakki

Latitude: 10°49'58"N
Longitude: 76°1'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 10.832777777778,76.032777777778

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	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Iron
None	Pyroxene	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anorthite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Isocubanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Taenite ()*	Thorite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Troilite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P S Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Iron
None Pyroxene Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

17 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	496	452	1	66364	3419
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	496	452	1	66364	706
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	496	452	1	66364	1036
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	496	452	1	66363	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	496	452	1	66363	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	496	452	1	66363	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	496	452	1	66364	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	496	452	1	66364	2740
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	496	452	2	66363,66364	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	496	452	1	66363	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	496	452	1	66363	191
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	496	452	1	66363	451
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	496	452	1	66363	703
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	496	452	1	66364	1006
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	496	452	1	66364	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	496	452	1	66363	1044
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	496	452	1	66364	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_005	496	452	474±22	Pb/Th			monazite			Yes				16560	Kuttakuzhi (Kuttankuli), Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India	[Ponmudi Unit]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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