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Locality Name:
Chitral District (Chitral Valley), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan


mindat Locality ID: 157456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chitral District (Chitral Valley), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chitral
Lutkho Valley
Miniki Gol

Latitude: 35°59'46"N
Longitude: 71°33'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.996111111111,71.563611111111

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Be C Ca F Fe H Li Mn Na O P S Sb Si Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Fe H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumohydrocalciteBerylCalciteClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteGarnetNoneOrpimentPyroxene
QuartzScheeliteTitaniteTopazTourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Getchellite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Spodumene  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Väyrynenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O046
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18295468,954704286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19547127770
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1954711025
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1954718173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21954689617
Getchellite  (*)NoneSbAsS319546819
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3195468511
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2395468,95470,9547161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1954714894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6195468688
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1954714899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21954681476
Väyrynenite  (*)NoneBeMn2+(PO4)(OH)19546815



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