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Locality Name:
Paprok (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan


mindat Locality ID: 4
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paprok (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°30'20"N
Longitude: 71°4'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.505555555556,71.080555555556
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 B Be Bi Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S Sb Si Sn Ta 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Bi Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P S Sb Si Sn Ta 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeApatiteBerylBerylloniteChildreniteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluorite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteStanniteTopazTourmaline
Viitaniemiite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beryllonite  (*)Childrenite  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Fluor-elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fluornatromicrolite  (*)Foitite  (*)Hambergite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Petalite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiotantalite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Väyrynenite  (*)Viitaniemiite  (*)Wodginite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)0255
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Beryllonite  (*)BerylloniteNaBe(PO4)047
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O093
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O0128
Fluor-elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F031
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Fluornatromicrolite  (*)Pyrochlore(Na1.5Bi0.5)Ta2O6F013
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)075
Hambergite  (*)NoneBe2(BO3)(OH)081
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O100124
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O0140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O60688
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO4053
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O60211
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Väyrynenite  (*)NoneBeMn2+(PO4)(OH)015
Viitaniemiite  (*)ViitaniemiiteNaCaAl(PO4)F3012
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8078


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060299Paprok (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistanhttps://rruff.info/R060299
R060365Paprok (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistanhttps://rruff.info/R060365
R060052Paprok (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistanhttps://rruff.info/R060052

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