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:
Gandaki Pradesh, Nepal

mindat Locality ID: 309524
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309524.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gandaki Pradesh, Nepal": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Annapurna Sanctuary (Annapurna Himal)
Gorkha District (Gurkha)
Lamjung District (Lamtung)
Manang District
Myagdi And Mustang Districts

Latitude: 28°32'41"N
Longitude: 83°57'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.544722222222,83.952222222222

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Garnet	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite

Almandine ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*
Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Tetradymite ()*

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: Ag Al B Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Na O S Si Te Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Cubanite Epidote Garnet Mica
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tourmaline Wurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	87017,87018	2353
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	87016	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	87014	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	87012	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	87014	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	87014	802
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	87011	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	87015	648
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	87018	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	87016	8173
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	87014	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	87014	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	87020	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	87014	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	87017,87018	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	87012,87014	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	87012,87014,87015,87016	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	87014	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	87017,87018	2705
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	87014	510

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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