Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Meskani Mine (Meshkani Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iran

mindat Locality ID: 18848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meskani Mine (Meshkani Mine), Anarak District, Nain County (Nayin County), Isfahan, Iran": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°20'21"N
Longitude: 53°27'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.339166666667,53.459166666667

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.

Domeykite	Löllingite	None	Not in a structural group	Vivianite

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 As C Ca Cl Co Cu H Na Ni O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cl Co Cu H Na Ni O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Domeykite Löllingite None Not in a structural group Vivianite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Koutekite ()*
Kutinaite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Pararammelsbergite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	73
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Koutekite ()*	None	Cu₅As₂	18
Kutinaite ()*	None	Ag₆Cu₁₄As₇	7
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	149
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	52

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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