Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shimoga Schist Belt, Karnataka, India

mindat Locality ID: 153531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-153531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shimoga Schist Belt, Karnataka, India": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hanumalapur Complex

Latitude: 13°52'50"N
Longitude: 75°57'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 13.880555555556,75.958055555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Isomertieite	Melonite	Modderite	Nickeline	None
Perovskite	Pyrite	Spinel	Stillwaterite	Ullmannite

Arsenopalladinite ()*	Cherepanovite ()*	Chromite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erlichmanite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hollingworthite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Isomertieite ()*
Keithconnite ()*	Kotulskite ()*	Laurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Mertieite-II ()*	Michenerite ()*	Osarsite ()*	Palladoarsenide ()*	Platarsite ()*
Ruarsite ()*	Rustenburgite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibiopalladinite ()*

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 As Bi Ca Cr Fe H Ir Mg O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Auricupride Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Isomertieite Melonite Modderite Nickeline None
Perovskite Pyrite Spinel Stillwaterite Ullmannite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopalladinite ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈As₃	1	66347	31
Cherepanovite ()*	Modderite	RhAs	1	66347	15
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	66347	3902
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	66347	8173
Erlichmanite ()*	Pyrite	OsS₂	1	66347	110
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hollingworthite ()*	Ullmannite	RhAsS	1	66347	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	66347	5433
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS	1	66347	154
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	1	66347	48
Keithconnite ()*	None	Pd₂₀Te₇	1	66347	40
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	66347	116
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	1	66347	226
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	66347	14899
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	66347	155
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	1	66347	44
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	66347	114
Osarsite ()*	Arsenopyrite	OsAsS	1	66347	16
Palladoarsenide ()*	None	Pd₂As	1	66347	37
Platarsite ()*	Pyrite	PtAsS	1	66347	44
Ruarsite ()*	None	RuAsS	1	66347	25
Rustenburgite ()*	Perovskite Auricupride	Pt₃Sn	1	66347	34
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	66347	337
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂	1	66347	75

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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