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Locality Name:
Tirodi, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 850

mindat Locality ID: 285192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tirodi, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, India": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tirodi Mine

Latitude: 21°41'0"N
Longitude: 79°44'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.683333333333,79.733333333333
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 Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBrauniteCoronaditeGarnetNonePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Braunite  (*)Clino-suenoite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Ferri-ghoseite  (*)
Ferri-winchite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Nambulite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O61000850166384286
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1000850166384483
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2100085026638457
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161000850166384599
Ferri-ghoseite  (*)Amphibole   (NaMn2+)(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2100085016638414
Ferri-winchite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2100085016638416
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161000850166384243
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2100085016638479
Nambulite  (*)RhodoniteLiMn2+4Si5O14(OH)100085016638412
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2100085016638461156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1000850166384969
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)310008501663841214


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
Grew_Li_2019_0073950950950      Nambulite 285192Tirodi, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaTirodi, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaLippolt and Hautmann (1995); Mohanty et al. (2015)   
Alexandra-017710008501000-850U-Th-PbAge of pegmatite      25310Tirodi Mine, Tirodi, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaTirodiSiddiquie (2015) GJSFR15_41 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060704Tirodi Mine, Tirodi, Balaghat District, Madhya Pradesh, Indiahttps://rruff.info/R060704

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