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Locality Name:
Surendranager District, Gujarat, India


mindat Locality ID: 286333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Surendranager District, Gujarat, India": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dhajala Meteorite

Latitude: 22°22'40"N
Longitude: 71°25'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.377777777778,71.426944444444

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 Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu Fe Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteCancrinite-sodaliteCeriteCopperCorundumFeldsparIronMagnetoplumbiteNoneOlivine
PyroxeneSodaliteSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)
Diopside  (*)Forsterite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Hibonite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Iron  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1661938803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61661932060
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl166193203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41661933902
Copper  (*)CopperCu1661933846
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61661934135
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1661931188
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4166193407
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O1916619380
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31661935433
Iron  (*)IronFe1661931089
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416619314899
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7166193230
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl166193444
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41661931934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)166193703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1661931044



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