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:
Robate Payan (Robaty-Payin), Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 185999
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185999.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Robate Payan (Robaty-Payin), Koksha Valley (Kokscha Valley; Kokcha Valley), Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan, Afghanistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°16'38"N
Longitude: 70°47'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.277222222222,70.794722222222

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.

Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Sodalite

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 C Ca Cl Fe Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite None Pyrite Pyroxene Sodalite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Afghanite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Haüyne ()*	Lazurite ()*
Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Afghanite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite	(Na,K)₂₂Ca₁₀(Si₂₄Al₂₄)O₉₆(SO₄)₆Cl₆	25
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	158
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	37
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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