Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Badghis, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 123201
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123201.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Badghis, Afghanistan": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ab Kamari District
Jawand District
Murghab District
Qala-i-Naw District

Latitude: 35°3'53"N
Longitude: 63°25'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.064722222222,63.423888888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Gypsum	Malachite	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Spinel	Sulphur

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Gypsum Malachite Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Spinel Sulphur

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	164	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	164	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	164	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	164	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	164	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	164	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	164	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	170	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	164,165	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	164	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	164	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	164	5800
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	167	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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