Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Taplejung District, Province No. 1, Nepal

mindat Locality ID: 205906
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205906.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taplejung District, Province No. 1, Nepal": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Beryl	Danburite	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Tourmaline

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 Be Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Danburite Feldspar None Not in a structural group Quartz Tourmaline

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cordierite ()*	Danburite ()*	Hambergite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	148
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	81
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1507
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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