Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gorakhpur, Basti District, Basti Division, Uttar Pradesh, India

mindat Locality ID: 279753
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279753.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gorakhpur, Basti District, Basti Division, Uttar Pradesh, India": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bustee Meteorite

Latitude: 26°45'0"N
Longitude: 82°42'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.75,82.7

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.

Iron	Milarite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Spinel	Wilkmanite

Alabandite ()*	Augite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Heideite ()*	Iron ()*	Joegoldsteinite ()*	Niningerite ()*
Oldhamite ()*	Osbornite ()*	Roedderite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Taenite ()*
Troilite ()*

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: Ca Cr Fe K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Iron Milarite None Olivine Pyroxene Rocksalt Spinel Wilkmanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	66871	312
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	66871	2060
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	66871	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	66871	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	66871	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	66871	1188
Heideite ()*	Wilkmanite	(Fe,Cr)_1.15(Ti,Fe)₂S₄	1	66871	4
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	66871	1089
Joegoldsteinite ()*	Spinel	MnCr₂S₄	1	66871	3
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	66871	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	66871	58
Osbornite ()*	Rocksalt	TiN	1	66871	20
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	1	66871	30
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	66871	374
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	66871	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	66871	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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