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Magnetite from
Nawahatu, Purulia District, West Bengal, India


Classification
Species:Magnetite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Magnetite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nawahatu, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1575402
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1575402:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Magnetite in this Region
Nawahatu #1 Baryte Quarry, Nawahatu, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
Nawahatu #2 Baryte Quarry, Nawahatu, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
Ukma, Nawahatu, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
Nearest other occurrences of Magnetite
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘBalam Pahar, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
44.9km (27.9 miles) ⓘSuraidih–Sindurpur area, Seraikela Kharsawan District, Jharkhand, India
47.8km (29.7 miles) ⓘBeldih Dyke and phosphate quarry, Purulia carbonatite, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
50.0km (31.0 miles) ⓘMednitanr apatite-magnetite rock occurrence, Purulia carbonatite, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
50.6km (31.4 miles) ⓘParasi-Sindauri gold deposit, Ranchi District, Jharkhand, India
51.5km (32.0 miles) ⓘPurulia carbonatite, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
54.9km (34.1 miles) ⓘBabaikundi, Ranchi District, Jharkhand, India
61.4km (38.2 miles) ⓘBokaro coalfield, Ramgarh District, Jharkhand, India
73.9km (45.9 miles) ⓘManbazar gondites, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
74.4km (46.2 miles) ⓘJamshedpur (Tatanagar), East Singhbhum District, Jharkhand, India
References
Baidya, T. K. (2014). Geochemistry and mineralogy of the radioactive minerals associated with some pegmatite veins of the Ukma-Nawahatu-Hursi sector, Purulia district, WB, in The Precambrian Chhotanagpur Gneissic Complex. Journal of Applied Geochemistry, 16(4), 415-421.
 
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