Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Waygal District (Waigal District), Nuristan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 227240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-227240.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waygal District (Waigal District), Nuristan, Afghanistan": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Parun Pegmatite Field (Paroon; Parown)

Latitude: 35°16'46"N
Longitude: 71°1'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.279444444444,71.021388888889

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	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Tourmaline

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 Fe H K Li Na O Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Feldspar None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Tourmaline

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Microcline ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	6	963,964,965,966,967,968	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	963,964,965	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	5	964,965,966,967,968	4924
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	964	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	963	2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	6	963,964,965,966,967,968	688

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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