Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India

mindat Locality ID: 153525
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-153525.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ambasamudram

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Garnet	Humite	None	Olivine	Wollastonite

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 C Ca F Mg O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Garnet Humite None Olivine Wollastonite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	66826	27770
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	66826	285
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	66826	236
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	66826	1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	66826	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	66826	1544
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	66826	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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