Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Nashik Quarry (Nasik Quarry), Nashik District, Maharashtra, India


mindat Locality ID: 2001
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2001.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nashik Quarry (Nasik Quarry), Nashik District, Maharashtra, India": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 F Fe H K Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApophylliteAragoniteCalciteFluoriteGyroliteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehniteQuartz
RhodoniteStilbite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Goosecreekite  (*)Gyrolite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Okenite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scolecite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)0161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O0303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Goosecreekite  (*)NoneCa(Si6Al2)O16·5H2O013
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O0142
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O071
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O0390
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O0268


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050355Nashik Quarry (Nasik Quarry), Nashik District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R050355

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...