Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Teni District, Tamil Nadu, India

mindat Locality ID: 286310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Teni District, Tamil Nadu, India": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Khamambettu Carbonatite

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.

Amphibole	Ancylite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Carbocernaite	Clay	Corundum	Mica
Monazite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel

Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Carbocernaite ()*	Celestine ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Geikielite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Na O P S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Ancylite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Carbocernaite Clay Corundum Mica
Monazite None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	1	66818	92
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	66818	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	66818	27770
Carbocernaite ()*	Carbocernaite	(Sr,Ce,La)(Ca,Na)(CO₃)₂	1	66818	24
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	66818	1252
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	66818	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	66818	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	66818	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	66818	1188
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	66818	70
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	66818	5433
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	66818	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	66818	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	66818	945
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	66818	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	66818	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	66818	1934
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	66818	589
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	66818	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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