Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lorestan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 108701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lorestan, Iran": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aligoudarz
Ashour Abad
Bamsar
Borujerd (Borudjerd)

Latitude: 33°39'45"N
Longitude: 49°15'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.6625,49.258055555556

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baksanite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Makovickyite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maldonite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rooseveltite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schneiderhöhnite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pavonite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Titanite Tourmaline Wurtzite Zircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	67435	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	67438,67439	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	67438	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	67434,67435,67437	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	67432,67434	5509
Baksanite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₆Te₂S₃	1	67434	4
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	67432	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	67434	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	67434	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	67432,67434,67435	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	67434,67435	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	67435	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	67432,67434,67435	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	67435	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	67432,67434,67435	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	67434	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	67435	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	67432	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	67434	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	67434	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	67434	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	67432	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	67434	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	67432,67437	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	67434	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	67432,67434	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	67432	14899
Makovickyite ()*	Pavonite	Cu_1.12Ag_0.81Pb_0.27Bi_5.35S₉	1	67434	10
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	67432,67434	12537
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	67434	88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	67434	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	67438	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	67432,67434,67438,67439	17380
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	1	67434	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	67432,67434,67435,67437	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	67434	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	67432,67434,67435,67438,67439	61156
Rooseveltite ()*	Monazite	Bi(AsO₄)	1	67434	38
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	67434,67435	4894
Schneiderhöhnite ()*	None	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₃As³⁺₅O₁₃	1	67434	15
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	67434	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	67434,67435	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	67434	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	67434	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	67435	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	67435	2562
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	67434	372
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	67437	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	67438	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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