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Locality Name:
Nalgonda District, Telangana, India


mindat Locality ID: 302184
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302184.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nalgonda District, Telangana, India": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gundrapalli Lamproite
Vattikod Lamproite

Latitude: 16°56'59"N
Longitude: 79°2'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 16.949722222222,79.049722222222

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 Cl Cr Fe H K Mg Na Nb O S Si Sr Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteBaotiteBaryteCalciteClayCoronaditeCorundumFeldspar
MicaNonePyriteQuartzRutileSpinelTitaniteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Arfvedsonite  (*)Baotite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Katophorite  (*)Leucite  (*)Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Potassic-arfvedsonite  (*)Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Potassic-richterite  (*)
Priderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Qandilite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richterite  (*)
Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Spinel  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)Titanite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)Wadeite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2266853,66854295
Baotite  (*)BaotiteBa4(Ti,Nb,W)8O16(SiO3)4Cl16685327
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16685311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)266853,6685427770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4266853,668543902
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31668535433
Katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2266853,6685446
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)166853233
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)216685393
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4166853311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416685414899
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2266853,668542273
Potassic-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleKNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2266853,6685414
Potassic-magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleKNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)216685310
Potassic-richterite  (*)AmphiboleK(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)216685421
Priderite  (*)CoronaditeK(Ti7Fe3+)O1616685341
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216685339462
Qandilite  (*)Spinel(Mg,Fe3+)2(Ti,Fe3+,Al)O416685411
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2266853,6685461156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2166854148
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2166853375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21668535614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)166853598
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41668531934
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)166853589
Tetraferriphlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Fe3+)O10(OH)216685427
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O266853,668544899
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4166854120
Wadeite  (*)NoneK2ZrSi3O916685327
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)266853,668545251



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