Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Malad, Ward 38, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India


mindat Locality ID: 276277
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276277.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malad, Ward 38, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Malad Quarry
Malad Quarry (Kandivali Quarry)

Latitude: 19°11'50"N
Longitude: 72°53'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.197222222222,72.894722222222
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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApophylliteCalciteCorundumGarnetGyroliteIlvaiteMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural group
PrehnitePumpellyiteQuartzRhodoniteScheeliteStilbite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Goosecreekite  (*)
Gyrolite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Okenite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)Quartz  (*)Scolecite  (*)Stellerite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Yugawaralite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31665051534
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)266504,66505161
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)266504,6650527770
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O166505138
Goosecreekite  (*)NoneCa(Si6Al2)O16·5H2O16650513
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O266504,66505142
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316650514640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O266504,6650585
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)266504,66505197
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O16650515
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O266504,665051271
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O166504425
Okenite  (*)NoneCa10Si18O46·18H2O266504,6650571
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)166505494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2266504,665051898
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O16650530
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2266504,6650561156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O166505390
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O166505189
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O166504433
Yugawaralite  (*)NoneCa(Si6Al2)O16·4H2O266504,6650533


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
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

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