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Locality Name:
Barmer District, Jaipur Division, Rajasthan, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 68.65
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.58

mindat Locality ID: 252940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barmer District, Jaipur Division, Rajasthan, India": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sarnu-Dandali

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBastnäsiteCalciteCarbocernaiteClayCorundumEpidote
FeldsparMicaMonaziteNickelineNoneRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTitanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Carbocernaite  (*)Daqingshanite-(Ce)  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS68.652.58166726312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)68.652.581667268803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)68.652.58166726706
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)68.652.5816672611547
Bastnäsite-(La)  (*)BastnäsiteLa(CO3)F68.652.5816672630
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)68.652.58166726115
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)68.652.5816672627770
Carbocernaite  (*)Carbocernaite(Sr,Ce,La)(Ca,Na)(CO3)268.652.5816672624
Daqingshanite-(Ce)  (*)NoneSr3Ce(PO4)(CO3)368.652.581667269
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O368.652.581667265433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O468.652.5816672614899
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)68.652.58166726945
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)268.652.581667262273
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S868.652.581667269056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS68.652.5816672621482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)68.652.58166726589
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O68.652.581667264899



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000438carbonatite complex
Jen_0001196MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes from 2 to 40 cm thick. Pyroxenite, melteigite, ijolite, melanephelinite and foid syenite.


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_000043868.6568.4968.57±0.08Ar-Ar       250775Sarnu-Dandali, Barmer District, Jaipur Division, Rajasthan, IndiaSarnu-Dandali (Barmer)Ernst and Bell (2010)10.1007/s00710-009-0074-1MP98_55 
Jen_0001196662.58TertiaryGeological evidence.       250775Sarnu-Dandali, Barmer District, Jaipur Division, Rajasthan, IndiaSarnu-DandaliWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 


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