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Locality Name:
Kukhi-Malik Area (Kuhi-malik), Yagnob River, Zeravshan Range, Sughd, Tajikistan


mindat Locality ID: 122085
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122085.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kukhi-Malik Area (Kuhi-malik), Yagnob River, Zeravshan Range, Sughd, Tajikistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°11'42"N
Longitude: 68°34'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.195,68.570833333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Bi Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo N O Pb S Se Si Te V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo N O Pb S Se Si Te V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumArcaniteBerylClayCorundumKhademiteLangbeiniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePicromeritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSabieiteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelSulphur
TetradymiteTridymiteVoltaiteWurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Boussingaultite  (*)Clinoferrosilite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cryptohalite  (*)
Efremovite  (*)Falgarite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Galena  (*)Godovikovite  (*)
Greenalite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gwihabaite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Letovicite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)
Molybdite  (*)Mullite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)
Rostite  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Sekaninaite  (*)Selenium  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stranskiite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tridymite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0272
Boussingaultite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O030
Clinoferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6018
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Cryptohalite  (*)None(NH4)2SiF6014
Efremovite  (*)Langbeinite(NH4)2Mg2(SO4)3013
Falgarite  (*)NoneK4(VO)3(SO4)501
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Godovikovite  (*)Sabieite(NH4)Al(SO4)2019
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4061
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gwihabaite  (*)None(NH4)(NO3)010
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te30104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)0123
Letovicite  (*)None(NH4)3H(SO4)2018
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)061
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO30140
Mullite  (*)NoneAl4+2xSi2-2xO10-x (x ≈ 0.4)078
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O053
Rostite  (*)KhademiteAl(SO4)(OH)·5H2O010
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl0105
Sekaninaite  (*)BerylFe2+2Al4Si5O18035
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe0143
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stranskiite  (*)NoneCuZn2(AsO4)205
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO20458
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O081
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O0111


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