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Locality Name:
Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 16640
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16640.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cascadilla Gorge Kimberlite Dike

Latitude: 42°28'46"N
Longitude: 76°28'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.479444444444,-76.469722222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl Cr Fe H Na O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyroxeneRocksaltSpinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Diopside  (*)Halite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrope  (*)
Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124885827770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612488584135
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124885814899
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31248858495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212488582273
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)31248858341
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412488581934


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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