Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Khammam District, Telangana, India

mindat Locality ID: 234856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khammam District, Telangana, India": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ashwaraopet
Khammam Lamprophyre
Kunavaram Area
Palwancha (Palvancha; Paloncha)

Latitude: 17°31'55"N
Longitude: 80°53'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 17.531944444444,80.891388888889

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	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Tridymite	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Thorite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Th Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Cancrinite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Feldspar
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Tridymite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	66849	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	66849	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	66847,66849	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	66847	232
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	66849	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	66849	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	66849	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	66849	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	66849	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	66846	8173
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	66847	209
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	66849	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	66849	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	66845,66847	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	66849	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	66846	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	66849	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	66845,66849	61156
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	66845	1006
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	66849	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	66845,66847	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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