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Calcite from
Nawahatu, Purulia District, West Bengal, India


Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Nawahatu, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:751381
Long-form Identifier:1:3:751381:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘBalam Pahar, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
7.6km (4.7 miles) ⓘJabar metasediments, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
27.0km (16.8 miles) ⓘDimra Pahar pluton, Ramgarh District, Jharkhand, India
47.8km (29.7 miles) ⓘBeldih Dyke and phosphate quarry, 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
53.0km (32.9 miles) ⓘJharia Coalfield, Dhanbad District, Jharkhand, India
82.9km (51.5 miles) ⓘSanturi Area, Purulia District, West Bengal, India
86.3km (53.6 miles) ⓘKushunda, Bankura District, West Bengal, India
References
Baidya, Tapan Kumar, Sen, Gautam, and Chakravorty, Priya Shankar, 1981, Uranium Occurrences in and Around Nawahatu, Purulia District, West Bengal, India - A Preliminay Report, Economic Geology, v 76, p. 970-973.
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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