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Cassiterite from
Kawadgaon-Challanpara pegmatite field, Dantewada District, Chhattisgarh, India


Locality type:Pegmatite Field
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Chemical Analyses:
Oxide wt%:
1
SnO91.67 %
Nb2O53.97 %
Ta2O54.36 %
Total:100.00 %
Sample references:
1CST-1
Singh, Yamuna, Pandit, P. S. C., Bagora, Sanjay, Jain, P. K. (2017) Mineralogy, geochemistry, and genesis of co-genetic granite-pegmatite-hosted rare metal and rare earth deposits of the Kawadgaon area, Bastar craton, Central India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 89 (2) 115-130 doi:10.1007/s12594-017-0574-2
Comments:Cassiterite occurs in albitised pegmatites in the form of small anhedral to euhedral crystals. In albitised portions, pockets of aggregates of euhedral cassiterite crystals have been found. In certain pegmatites pockets, cassiterite aggregates of up to 15 cm x 12 cm x 8 cm have been found. XRD analysis of cassiterite revealed that apart from cassiterite (bulk), trace amounts of ixiolite, wodginite, microlite, and ilmenite are also present in it as intergrown phases. Albite is the main host mineral of cassiterite. Minor silvery white mica, sugary albite, and cleavelandite are associated with cassiterite in the Sn-pegmatites.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kawadgaon-Challanpara pegmatite field, Dantewada District, Chhattisgarh, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1864579
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1864579:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
42.1km (26.2 miles) ⓘChiurwada pegmatites, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, India
42.2km (26.2 miles) ⓘChiurwada pegmatite-2, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, India
45.5km (28.3 miles) ⓘGovindpal pegmatites, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, India
49.0km (30.4 miles) ⓘChitalnar pegmatites, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, India
51.5km (32.0 miles) ⓘMundval pegmatites, Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India
56.9km (35.4 miles) ⓘOrissa deposit, Malkangiri District, Odisha, India
References
Singh, Yamuna, Pandit, P. S. C., Bagora, Sanjay, Jain, P. K. (2017) Mineralogy, geochemistry, and genesis of co-genetic granite-pegmatite-hosted rare metal and rare earth deposits of the Kawadgaon area, Bastar craton, Central India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 89 (2) 115-130 doi:10.1007/s12594-017-0574-2
 
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