Mineral Evolution Database
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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



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  • Minerals queried: Charoite

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    Max Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)mindat IDLocality containing MineralCountryTectonic SettingsDated Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Reference (Max Age)Reference (Min Age)Excel ID (Max Age)Excel ID (Min Age)Query Minerals# of Query Minerals at LocalityLat DegLat MinLat SecLon DegLon MinLon SecDecimal Degree
    16773IndiaIndiaCharoite 12228548394422.481666666667,83.162222222222
    41915Tamil Nadu, IndiaIndiaCharoite 111195478291811.331666666667,78.488333333333
    MD307390Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, IndiaIndiaCharoite 11231168095212.521111111111,80.164444444444
    P14412614409RussiaRussiaGSCOF5796GSCOF5796Jen_0000758Jen_0000756Charoite 15356106839953.936111111111,68.6525
    14495Irkutsk Oblast, RussiaRussiaCharoite 1554836106221755.81,106.37138888889
    293220Aldan Shield, Irkutsk Oblast, RussiaRussiaCharoite 10000000,0
    288853Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Irkutsk Oblast, RussiaRussiaCharoite 10000000,0
    275132Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Irkutsk Oblast, RussiaRussiaCharoite 10000000,0
    MD194141Irkutskii Area, Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Irkutsk Oblast, RussiaRussiaCharoite 10000000,0
    P1441262644Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaRussiaGSCOF5796GSCOF5796Jen_0000758Jen_0000756Charoite 16329612858763.485,128.96861111111
    P1441262642Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaRussiaGSCOF5796GSCOF5796Jen_0000758Jen_0000756Charoite 159331413042259.553888888889,130.07277777778
    P144126205137Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaRussia205137Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaGSCOF5796GSCOF5796Jen_0000758Jen_0000756Charoite 10000000,0
    P1441262814Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaRussia2814Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaGSCOF5796GSCOF5796Jen_0000758Jen_0000756Charoite 158220118525958.366666666667,118.88305555556
    RP14412625355Sirenevyi Kamen' Deposit, Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaRussia2814Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaGSCOF5796GSCOF5796Jen_0000758Jen_0000756Charoite 10000000,0
    MDRO144126194194Gol'tsovyi Area, Sirenevyi Kamen' Deposit, Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaRussia2814Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaGSCOF5796GSCOF5796Jen_0000758Jen_0000756Charoite 10000000,0
    MDRO144126126736Grozovoi Area, Sirenevyi Kamen' Deposit, Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaRussia2814Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaGSCOF5796GSCOF5796Jen_0000758Jen_0000756Charoite 10000000,0
    MDRO14412619836Magistral'nyi Area, Sirenevyi Kamen' Deposit, Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaRussia2814Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaGSCOF5796GSCOF5796Jen_0000758Jen_0000756Charoite 10000000,0
    MDRO144126194145Novyi Area, Sirenevyi Kamen' Deposit, Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaRussia2814Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaGSCOF5796GSCOF5796Jen_0000758Jen_0000756Charoite 10000000,0
    MDRO144126194142Staryi Area, Sirenevyi Kamen' Deposit, Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaRussia2814Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaGSCOF5796GSCOF5796Jen_0000758Jen_0000756Charoite 10000000,0
    MDRO144126194051Vostochnyi Area (Eastern), Sirenevyi Kamen' Deposit, Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaRussia2814Murunskii Massif, Chara And Tokko Rivers Confluence, Aldan Shield, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), RussiaGSCOF5796GSCOF5796Jen_0000758Jen_0000756Charoite 10000000,0

    This mineral directly occurs at 8 localities (10 localities according to mindat, 20 localities if parents are counted as well)
    Of the 8 localities at which this mineral occurs, 6 have an age. (12 of the 20 parent localities have ages)


    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, but does not have an age yet.
    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, and has an age.
    The mineral occurs at some child of this locality.
    The locality at which the mineral occurs does not have an age...this is the closest parent locality with an age, relative to that mineral. This is not ideal.

    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.


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     This bottom-level locality is directly dated. (0 total)
     This locality is directly dated, but is not bottom-level. (2 total)
     This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (4 total)

     This bottom-level locality has an age assigned to it from some other locality. (6 total)
     This locality does not have an age assigned to it. (2 bottom-level + 6 top/mid-level = 8 total)

       







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