Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Qaleh-Zari Mine (Ghale Zari Mine), Nehbandan, South Khorasan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 122266
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122266.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qaleh-Zari Mine (Ghale Zari Mine), Nehbandan, South Khorasan, Iran": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°49'60"N
Longitude: 59°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.833333333333,59

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Atacamite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Linarite	Malachite	Meneghinite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Aikinite ()*	Arcubisite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Berryite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*
Coronadite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Herbertsmithite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Matildite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Atacamite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Linarite Malachite Meneghinite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	315
Arcubisite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₆CuBiS₄	5
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	50
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	227
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Herbertsmithite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃Zn(OH)₆Cl₂	21
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	252
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	297
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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