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:
Razavi Khorasan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 108680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108680.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Razavi Khorasan, Iran": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ferdows County
Mashhad County
Nishapur County

Latitude: 36°46'37"N
Longitude: 58°19'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.776944444444,58.332777777778

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.

Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Turquoise

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 Au Be Cu Fe H K Na Ni O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Feldspar Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Turquoise

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Turquoise ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	67488	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	67492	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	67488	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	67492	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	67492	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	67492	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	67492	30554
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	1	67491	205
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	67488	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67492	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	67492	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	67488,67492	61156
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	2	67488,67496	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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