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Perovskite from
Sung Valley complex, East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya, India


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Perovskite
Formula:CaTiO3
Age information
Maximum recorded age:115.1 ± 5.1 Ma
Minimum recorded age:106 ± 11 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
1106 ± 11 MaEarly/Lower Cretaceous - Rb-Sr isochron
2115.1 ± 5.1 MaEarly/Lower Cretaceous - U-Pb
Sample references:
1 -
Ray, J. S., Trivedi, J. R., & Dayal, A. M. (2000). Strontium isotope systematics of Amba Dongar and Sung Valley carbonatite-alkaline complexes, India: evidence for liquid immiscibility, crustal contamination and long-lived Rb/Sr enriched mantle sources. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 18(5), 585-594.
2 -
Srivastava, R. K., Heaman, L. M., Sinha, A. K., & Shihua, S. (2005). Emplacement age and isotope geochemistry of Sung Valley alkaline
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Perovskite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sung Valley complex, East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya, India
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:715150
Long-form Identifier:1:3:715150:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Perovskite
69.3km (43.0 miles) ⓘJasra, West Karbi Anglong District, Assam, India
References
Krishnamurthy, P. (1985) Petrology of the Carbonatites and Associated Rocks of Sung Valley, Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 26 (6). 361-379
Sen, Amit Kumar (1999) Origin of the Sung Valley Carbonatite Complex, Meghalaya, India: Major Element Geochemistry Constraints. Journal Geological Society of India, 53 (3). 285-297 doi:10.17491/jgsi/1999/530302
Berger, Vladimir I.; Singer, Donald A.; Orris, Greta J. (2009) Carbonatites of the World, Explored Deposits of Nb and REE—Database and Grade and Tonnage Models . Open-File Report 2009-1139. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr20091139
Melluso, L., Srivastava, R. K., Guarino, V., Zanetti, A., Sinha, A. K. (2010) MINERAL COMPOSITIONS AND PETROGENETIC EVOLUTION OF THE ULTRAMAFIC-ALKALINE - CARBONATITIC COMPLEX OF SUNG VALLEY, NORTHEASTERN INDIA. The Canadian Mineralogist, 48 (1) 205-229 doi:10.3749/canmin.48.1.205
 
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