Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Meghalaya, India

Oldest recorded age at locality: 154
Youngest recorded age at locality: 95

mindat Locality ID: 55167
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55167.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meghalaya, India": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Assam Meteorite
East Khasi Hills
Garo Hills
Khasi Hills
West Khasi Hills

Latitude: 25°47'4"N
Longitude: 92°3'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.784444444444,92.058333333333

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite
Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Calcite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite
Quartz Spinel Titanite Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	154	95	1	66619	27770
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	66626	566
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			2	66622,66627	1797
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	154	95	1	66619	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	66626	7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	154	95	1	66619	14899
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	154	95	1	66619	495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	154	106.2	1	66619	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	66626	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	66627	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			4	66621,66623,66624,66627	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	154	95	1	66619	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	66626	2718

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000722	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sheet-like bodies. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Peridotite, pyroxenite, ijolite, melilitolite, nepheline syenite, syenite, magnetite rock and magnetite-apatite rock; fenites.
Jen_0000723	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sheet-like bodies. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Peridotite, pyroxenite, ijolite, melilitolite, nepheline syenite, syenite, magnetite rock and magnetite-apatite rock; fenites.
Jen_0000724	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sheet-like bodies. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Peridotite, pyroxenite, ijolite, melilitolite, nepheline syenite, syenite, magnetite rock and magnetite-apatite rock; fenites.
Jen_0000725	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sheet-like bodies. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Peridotite, pyroxenite, ijolite, melilitolite, nepheline syenite, syenite, magnetite rock and magnetite-apatite rock; fenites.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000722	107.8	106.2	107.2±0.8	Ar-Ar	phlogopite	Phlogopite	227752	Sung Valley Complex, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India	Sung Valley	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000723	154	144	149±5	K-Ar	phlogopite	Phlogopite	227752	Sung Valley Complex, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India	Sung Valley	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000724	154	114	134±20	Pb-Pb	whole rock		227752	Sung Valley Complex, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India	Sung Valley	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000725	117	95	106±11	Rb-Sr			227752	Sung Valley Complex, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India	Sung Valley	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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