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Locality Name:
Parun (Paroon; Parown) Pegmatite Field, Wama District (Vama District), Nuristan, Afghanistan


mindat Locality ID: 9019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Parun (Paroon; Parown) Pegmatite Field, Wama District (Vama District), Nuristan, Afghanistan": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Boni Pegmatites
Dewa Mine (Deva Mine)
Jamanak Mine
Pasghushta Pegmatites
Pashki Pegmatites (Paskhi)
Tsotsum Pegmatite
Unnamed Pegmatite
Wozgul Pegmatites (Wozghul)
Yaryghul Pegmatites (Yaryhgul)

Latitude: 35°23'3"N
Longitude: 70°57'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.384166666667,70.95

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 Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Na O P Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca F H Li Na O P Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteBerylClayFeldsparMicaNonePyroxeneQuartzRutile
Tourmaline

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pezzottaite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)7950,952,954,955,956,959,9608803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183951,956,9604286
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22955,9595171
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)7950,952,954,955,956,959,9604924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23952,954,96017380
Pezzottaite  (*)BerylCsLiBe2Al2Si6O1819516
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O2956,959140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2195461156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)19602705
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O68950,952,954,955,956,958,959,960688



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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