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Locality Name:
Murud-Janjira, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India


mindat Locality ID: 193654
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193654.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Murud-Janjira, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Alcaline Lamprophyres Outcrop
Nephelinite-basanite Outcrop
Tephriphonolite Outcrop

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

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 Cr Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClayCorrensiteFeldsparMicaNoneOlivinePerovskitePyrite
PyroxeneSpinelTitaniteTridymite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Omphacite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Siderophyllite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tosudite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6266507,66509286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)266508,665098803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)366507,66508,6650927770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41665073902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6266507,665084135
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)266507,665081188
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2166507209
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2166507179
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4266507,6650814899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2266507,6650917380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)166508884
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6166507229
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1665072349
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3266507,66508495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216650739462
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)216650992
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1665074899
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O16650836
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4166507120



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