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Zircon from
Sushina Hill, Purulia District, West Bengal, India


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Age information
Maximum recorded age:1100 Ma
Minimum recorded age:1100 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
11100 MaStenian - U-Pb
Sample references:
1 -
Mitchell, Roger H., Chakrabarty, Aniket (2012) Paragenesis and decomposition assemblage of a Mn-rich eudialyte from the Sushina peralkaline nepheline syenite gneiss, Paschim Banga, India. Lithos, 152. 218-226 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2012.02.003
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sushina Hill, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1333664
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1333664:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
27.7km (17.2 miles) ⓘChhendapathar, Bankura District, West Bengal, India
44.7km (27.8 miles) ⓘJaduguda Mine (Jadugoda Mine; Jadugora Mine), Jadugora, East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India
90.2km (56.0 miles) ⓘMoonidih Colliery, Jharia Coalfield, Dhanbad District, Jharkhand, India
96.2km (59.8 miles) ⓘRaniganj Coalfield, Paschim Bardhaman District, West Bengal, India
References
Chakrabarty, Aniket, Pruseth, Kamal L., Sen, Amit Kumar (2011) First report of eudialyte occurrence from the Sushina hill region, Purulia district, West Bengal. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 77 (1). 12-16 doi:10.1007/s12594-011-0003-x
Mitchell, Roger H., Chakrabarty, Aniket (2012) Paragenesis and decomposition assemblage of a Mn-rich eudialyte from the Sushina peralkaline nepheline syenite gneiss, Paschim Banga, India. Lithos, 152. 218-226 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2012.02.003
Chakrabarty, Aniket; Mitchell, Roger H; Ren, Minghua; Pal, Supriyo; Pal, Supratim; Sen, Amit Kumar (2018) Nb-Zr-REE re-mobilization and implications for transitional agpaitic rock formation: insights from the Sushina Hill Complex, India. Journal of Petrology, 59 (10). 1899-1938 doi:10.1093/petrology/egy084
 
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