Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Nuristan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 135473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nuristan, Afghanistan": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bargi Matal District
Du Ab District
Kamdesh District
Nurgaram District
Nuristan District
Wama District (Vama District)
Waygal District (Waigal District)

Latitude: 35°22'32"N
Longitude: 70°48'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.375555555556,70.806111111111

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.

Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Beryl	Beryllonite	Childrenite	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Lazulite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Stannite	Staurolite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Viitaniemiite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Beryl ()*
Beryllonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Childrenite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Eosphorite ()*
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Foitite ()*
Grossular ()*	Hambergite ()*	Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nanpingite ()*	Opal ()*	Petalite ()*	Pezzottaite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorzalite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Spodumene ()*
Stannite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Topaz ()*
Väyrynenite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Viitaniemiite ()*	Wodginite ()*

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 Bi Ca Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O P S Sb Si Sn Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Apatite Beryl Beryllonite Childrenite Clay Columbite Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Lazulite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Stannite Staurolite Topaz Tourmaline Vesuvianite Viitaniemiite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	27	920,921,923,929,930,931,932,934,936,937,944,945,947,949,950,952,954,955,956,959,960,963,964,965,966,967,968	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	920	2353
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	2	923,944	244
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	937	255
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	16	928,930,931,932,934,937,941,942,945,949,951,956,960,963,964,965	4286
Beryllonite ()*	Beryllonite	NaBe(PO₄)	1	937	47
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	14	920,921,923,930,931,932,936,944,945,947,949,955,959,962	5171
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	937	93
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	931,937,945,949	520
Eosphorite ()*	Childrenite	Mn²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	937,945	128
Fluor-elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Li_1.5Al_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	1	937	31
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	931,937,949	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	929,937	9617
Fluornatromicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Na_1.5Bi_0.5)Ta₂O₆F	1	937	13
Foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Fe²⁺₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	937	75
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	948	1544
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	1	937	81
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	26	920,921,923,928,930,931,932,934,936,937,944,945,947,949,950,952,954,955,956,959,960,964,965,966,967,968	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	931	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	920,931,935,937,945,947,949,952,954,960	17380
Nanpingite ()*	Mica	CsAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	931	8
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	937	2994
Petalite ()*	Not in a structural group	LiAlSi₄O₁₀	2	930,937	124
Pezzottaite ()*	Beryl	CsLiBe₂Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	951	6
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	8	930,931,932,937,944,945,956,959	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	930,931,937,945,947,949,954,961,964	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	7	920,932,937,945,949,960,963	2705
Scorzalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	923	60
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	931	1214
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	32	920,921,923,924,925,927,930,931,932,934,936,937,938,939,944,945,947,949,950,952,954,955,956,958,959,960,963,964,965,966,967,968	688
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	937	668
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	920	978
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	2	931,937	53
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	4	930,931,937,945	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	931,937	1476
Väyrynenite ()*	None	BeMn²⁺(PO₄)(OH)	1	937	15
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	948	1395
Viitaniemiite ()*	Viitaniemiite	NaCaAl(PO₄)F₃	1	937	12
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	1	937	78

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060293	Mawi Pegmatite, Nilaw-Kolum Pegmatite Field, Du Ab District, Nuristan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060293
R060299	Paprok (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060299
R060365	Paprok (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060365
R060052	Paprok (Papruk Mine; Paprowk Mine), Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan	https://rruff.info/R060052

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