Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Darai-Stazh River, Pyandzh River Valley, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

mindat Locality ID: 209939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Darai-Stazh River, Pyandzh River Valley, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Garnet	Kornerupine	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Kornerupine ()*	Magnesite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Uraninite ()*
Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Fluorite Garnet Kornerupine Mica None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Spinel Talc Tourmaline Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	68
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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