Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Maharashtra, India


mindat Locality ID: 207921
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207921.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maharashtra, India": 173
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 122

Number of Child Localities: 29
Child Localities:
Ahmadnagar District
Ahmednagar District
Akola District
Aurangabad District
Beed District
Bhandara District
Buldhana District
Chandrapur District
Dhule District
Gadchiroli District
Gondpipri Complex
Hingoli District
Jalgaon District
Jalna District
Latur District
Mumbai District
Nagpur District
Nanded District
Nashik District
Osmanabad District
Palghar District
Parbhani District
Pune District
Raigad District
Satara District
Sindhudurg District
Thane District
Western Ghats (Sahyadri Mountains)
Yavatmal District

Latitude: 19°3'59"N
Longitude: 76°0'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.066388888889,76.000277777778
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 B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pd Pt S Si Sr Te Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteApophylliteAragoniteBaryteBixbyiteBrauniteCalcite
CeriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorrensiteCorundumCubanite
DiamondDiasporeDumortieriteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGyroliteHeulanditeIlvaite
IronLévyneMeloniteMicaMilleriteMordeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePentlanditePerovskitePrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRutile
ScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStilbiteTetradymiteThomsoniteTitaniteTridymite
Wurtzite

107 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Aluminoceladonite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bixbyite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cavansite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epistilbite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferri-ghoseite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Goethite  (*)Goosecreekite  (*)Gyrolite  (*)
Hastingsite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Iron  (*)Isocubanite  (*)
Jacobsite  (*)Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)Julgoldite-(Fe3+)  (*)Kaersutite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Lévyne-Ca  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)
Merrillite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Mogánite  (*)
Moncheite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Okenite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pentagonite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)
Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stellerite  (*)
Stilbite-Ca  (*)Stishovite  (*)Taenite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Tosudite  (*)Troilite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)
Violarite  (*)Yugawaralite  (*)
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+)Si2O6366471,66507,66509286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)366471,66508,665098803
Aluminoceladonite  (*)MicaK(Mg,Fe2+)Al(Si4O10)(OH)216652012
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1665571627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31665051534
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1665343250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6266473,664822060
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)566498,66499,66504,66505,66534161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)366454,66471,6652011547
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3366466,66467,66468104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41664825516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)466466,66468,66471,66516483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4066432,66435,66436,66449,66454,66459,66473,66478,66484,66487,66488,66496,66498,66499,66504,66505,66507,66508,66509,66513,66514,66525,66530,66534,66542,66545,66547,66549,66550,66551,66552,66553,66558,66559,66565,66566,66574,66580,66582,6658327770
Cavansite  (*)NoneCa(V4+O)(Si4O10)·4H2O1066566,66580,66582,66583,66584,66585,66586,66587,66593,6659614
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21166432,66435,66439,66454,66459,66473,66484,66491,66547,66553,66557309
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2366482,66498,6651727198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4366475,66490,665073902
Copper  (*)CopperCu266475,665823846
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16166468599
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3166482802
Diamond  (*)DiamondC166480697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6366482,66507,665084135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16166582300
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O18266469,66470231
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1664828173
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O1566435,66449,66453,66461,66484,66488,66505,66510,66525,66542,66549,66566,66571,66576,66589138
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)266498,66517551
Ferri-ghoseite  (*)Amphibole   (NaMn2+)(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2266466,6646714
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1664902740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O2466432,66435,66436,66440,66441,66459,66484,66485,66488,66500,66534,66538,66547,66549,66550,66553,66559,66560,66566,66571,66572,66573,66581,66583303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21066435,66454,66455,66484,66489,66517,66533,66534,66549,665509617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)266507,665081188
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)366491,66498,665497437
Goosecreekite  (*)NoneCa(Si6Al2)O16·5H2O866484,66505,66525,66532,66534,66537,66549,6658913
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O1466435,66436,66437,66438,66496,66499,66501,66504,66505,66534,66549,66557,66566,66573142
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2166507209
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4266466,66468350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3566466,66468,66498,66505,6654914640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O766435,66439,66463,66484,66520,66566,66573246
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16466466,66467,66468,66516243
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O466504,66505,66571,6657385
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3266475,664825433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)366499,66504,66505197
Iron  (*)IronFe366473,66475,664901089
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3166475191
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4266466,66468172
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O16650515
Julgoldite-(Fe3+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe3+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)·H2O266484,664955
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2166507179
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4266469,664701507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1366438,66461,66494,66496,66499,66504,66505,66534,66538,66539,66546,66573,665851271
Lévyne-Ca  (*)LévyneCa3(Si12Al6)O36·18H2O16657642
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4566473,66482,66507,66508,6651714899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)166468770
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2166482155
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7166475230
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O1466435,66436,66450,66454,66461,66491,66504,66511,66525,66562,66566,66573,66580,66581425
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1664714924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1664821066
Mogánite  (*)NoneSiO2·nH2O16649443
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2166482133
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O1566432,66435,66461,66484,66485,66488,66494,66547,66558,66566,66571,66574,66578,66582,66583405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2566468,66471,66482,66507,6650917380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O466436,66494,66496,665201236
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)166508884
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O266520,66583471
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O1066436,66449,66496,66499,66501,66504,66505,66511,66534,6655271
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6166507229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1665492994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1665072349
Pentagonite  (*)NoneCaV4+OSi4O10·4H2O566566,66580,66582,66583,665854
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81664821512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3266507,66508495
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)166471260
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O6166473303
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1266432,66435,66454,66484,66505,66525,66538,66539,66541,66542,66547,66549494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2866496,66499,66501,66504,66505,66514,66534,665661898
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O16650530
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2466482,66498,66507,6651739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21664683106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3166466244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8266482,665179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24066435,66436,66448,66449,66454,66455,66466,66468,66469,66470,66471,66478,66484,66487,66488,66489,66494,66498,66501,66504,66505,66513,66517,66525,66528,66529,66532,66534,66537,66538,66543,66545,66549,66550,66551,66552,66557,66558,66566,6658961156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)266466,66471969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21664715614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O266473,66494301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1665174894
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O1866432,66434,66435,66440,66448,66451,66484,66485,66491,66505,66511,66534,66543,66544,66549,66550,66561,66570390
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)216650992
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4166482249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51664681516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3266466,664681214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS266498,6651721482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)266468,66557978
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O1066432,66435,66454,66461,66484,66505,66525,66542,66546,66582189
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O1766436,66450,66463,66484,66488,66489,66534,66547,66549,66550,66553,66557,66566,66572,66573,66581,66583268
Stishovite  (*)RutileSiO216647326
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)166475703
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O266454,66484452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1665074899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O166504433
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O16650836
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS266475,664901044
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe166482100
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4166507120
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4166482380
Yugawaralite  (*)NoneCa(Si6Al2)O16·4H2O466497,66504,66505,6654933


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050084Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R050084
R050083Ahmednagar District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R050083
R061064Ellora, Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R061064
R060163Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R060163
R050407Malad Quarry, Malad, Ward 38, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R050407
X050027Malad Quarry (Kandivali Quarry), Malad, Ward 38, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/X050027
R110121Malad Quarry (Kandivali Quarry), Malad, Ward 38, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R110121
R070725Malad Quarry (Kandivali Quarry), Malad, Ward 38, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R070725
R060568Malad Quarry (Kandivali Quarry), Malad, Ward 38, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R060568
R050355Nashik Quarry (Nasik Quarry), Nashik District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R050355
R050400Pune District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R050400
R050021Pune District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R050021
R050017Pune District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R050017
R050013Pune District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R050013
R070602Pune District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R070602
R120136Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R120136
FKM-170Wagholi Quarries, Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, Indiahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-151-to-fkm-175/#FKM-170

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