Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kollam District, Kerala, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 496
Youngest recorded age at locality: 452

mindat Locality ID: 251791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kollam District, Kerala, India": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kollam (Quilon)

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.

Corundum	Garnet	Monazite	None	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	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 Ce Fe Mg O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Garnet Monazite None Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Spinel ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	496	452	1	66361	2353
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	496	452	1	66361	5433
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	496	452	1	66361	945
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	496	452	1	66361	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	496	452	1	66361	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	496	452	1	66361	1934
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	496	452	1	66361	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_005	496	452	474±22	Pb/Th			monazite			Yes				16560	Kuttakuzhi (Kuttankuli), Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India	[Ponmudi Unit]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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