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:
Basti District, Basti Division, Uttar Pradesh, India

mindat Locality ID: 204531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basti District, Basti Division, Uttar Pradesh, India": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gorakhpur
Haraiya Meteorite
Lahrauli Meteorite

Latitude: 26°46'29"N
Longitude: 82°37'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.774722222222,82.616666666667

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.

Corundum	Diamond	Feldspar	Iron	Milarite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Spinel	Wilkmanite

Alabandite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Chromite ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Heideite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Joegoldsteinite ()*	Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*
Osbornite ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roedderite ()*	Schreibersite ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Diamond Feldspar Iron Milarite None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Spinel Wilkmanite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	66871	312
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	66872	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	66871,66872	2060
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	66872	3902
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	66871	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	66873	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	66871	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	66871	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	66871	1188
Heideite ()*	Wilkmanite	(Fe,Cr)_1.15(Ti,Fe)₂S₄	1	66871	4
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	66872	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	3	66871,66872,66873	1089
Joegoldsteinite ()*	Spinel	MnCr₂S₄	1	66871	3
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	66871	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	66871	58
Osbornite ()*	Rocksalt	TiN	1	66871	20
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	2	66872,66873	303
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	66873	61156
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	1	66871	30
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	66871	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	66871	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	66871,66872	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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