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:
Bhandara District, Maharashtra, India

mindat Locality ID: 204527
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204527.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bhandara District, Maharashtra, India": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Chikla
Dongribuzurg (Dongri Buzurg)
Girola Area
Mogra Area
Sitasaongi Mine

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Bixbyite	Braunite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Dumortierite	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite

Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Braunite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Dumortierite ()*	Ferri-ghoseite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Manganite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Staurolite ()*

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 B Ba Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Bixbyite Braunite Clay Coronadite Corundum Dumortierite Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Spinel Staurolite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	66471	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	66471	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	66471	11547
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	3	66466,66467,66468	104
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	3	66466,66468,66471	483
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	66468	599
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	2	66469,66470	231
Ferri-ghoseite ()*	Amphibole	(NaMn²⁺)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	66466,66467	14
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	2	66466,66468	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	66466,66468	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	3	66466,66467,66468	243
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	66466,66468	172
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	66469,66470	1507
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	66468	770
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	66471	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	66468,66471	17380
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	66471	260
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	66468	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	66466	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	66466,66468,66469,66470,66471	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	66466,66471	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	66471	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	66468	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	66466,66468	1214
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	66468	978

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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