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Pentlandite from
Shankaraghatta ultramafic body, Shimoga District, Karnataka, India


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Species:Pentlandite
Formula:(NixFey)Σ9S8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pentlandite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Shankaraghatta ultramafic body, Shimoga District, Karnataka, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1276266
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1276266:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pentlandite
76.1km (47.3 miles) ⓘKalyadi Cu deposit, Arsikere, Hassan District, Karnataka, India
References
Devaraju, T.C.; Alapieti, T.T.; Kaukonen, R.J. (2004) Ni-Au-PGE Mineralization in the Ultramafic Body at Shankaraghatta, Shimoga Schist Belt, Karnataka: A Mineralogical and Geochemical Study. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 63 (6). 611-624 doi:10.17491/jgsi/2004/630603
Devaraju, T. C., & Alapieti, T. T. (2014, January). Exploration for PGE mineralization in the Western Dharwar Craton. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Magmatic Ore Deposits. Geol. Soc. India Special Publ (Vol. 2, pp. 43-60).
Datta, P., & Mukherjee, R. (2021, December). Genesis of Sulfides and Platinum-group Minerals (PGMs) from the Shankaraghatta Ultramafic-Mafic Belt, Western Dharwar Craton (southern India). In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2021, pp. V41B-08).
 
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