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:
Annapurna Sanctuary (Annapurna Himal), Gandaki Pradesh, Nepal

mindat Locality ID: 229069
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229069.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Annapurna Sanctuary (Annapurna Himal), Gandaki Pradesh, Nepal": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Annapurna Base Camp
Modi-Khola Valley

Latitude: 28°33'20"N
Longitude: 83°51'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.555555555556,83.859722222222

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Cubanite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetradymite	Wurtzite

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: Ag Bi C Ca Cu Fe Mg O S Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Cubanite None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Stibnite
Tetradymite Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Tetradymite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	87014	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87012	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	87014	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	87014	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	87014	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	87014	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	87014	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	87012,87014	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	87012,87014	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	87014	5614
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	87014	510

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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