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Locality Name:
Manipur, India


mindat Locality ID: 55168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manipur, India": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chandel District
Sirohi
Ukhrul District
Yendem Village

Latitude: 25°5'33"N
Longitude: 94°27'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.0925,94.461666666667

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 C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSpinelVesuvianite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21666095509
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S266607,666085707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2466607,66608,66610,6661527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4466606,66612,66613,666143902
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O266607,666082970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16661024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416661014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2566607,66608,66609,66610,6661312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21666155674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2266610,6661539462
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101666111395



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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