Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Samarqand, Uzbekistan

mindat Locality ID: 20362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Samarqand, Uzbekistan": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Kara-Tyube Mtn (Kara-Tjube)
North Nuratau Mts
Zirabulak Mountain (Zirabulakskie Mountain)

Latitude: 39°47'19"N
Longitude: 65°47'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.788611111111,65.783611111111

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.

Acanthite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Bixbyite	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corrensite	Corundum
Fluorite	Lillianite	None	Owyheeite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Aliettite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*
Avicennite ()*	Berthierine ()*	Beyerite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gudmundite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Kolovratite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Miargyrite ()*
Ourayite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Periclase ()*	Petzite ()*	Pilsenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tsumoite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Vésigniéite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Tl U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bismutite Bixbyite Calcite Clay Copper Corrensite Corundum
Fluorite Lillianite None Owyheeite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Serpentine Sphalerite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Turquoise Vesuvianite Wollastonite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	294510	2793
Aliettite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Ca_0.2Mg₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	294514	7
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	294510	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	294510	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	1	294510	73
Avicennite ()*	Bixbyite	Tl₂O₃	1	294513	7
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	294510	59
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	1	294514	96
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	294510	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	294510	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	294510	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	294510,294513	27770
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	294510	1382
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	294510	126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	294514	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	294510	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	294510	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	1	294510	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	294510	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	294510,294511	30554
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1	294510	170
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	294514	741
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1	294510	104
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	294513	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	294510	804
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	294510	784
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	1	294510	86
Kolovratite ()*	None	(Ni,Zn)_x(VO₄)·nH₂O	1	294507	3
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	294510	88
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	294510	300
Ourayite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₃Pb₄Bi₅S₁₃	1	294510	24
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	1	294510	89
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	294514	114
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	294510	409
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1	294510	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	294510	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	294510	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	294510	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	294510,294514	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	294510	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	294510	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	294510	3418
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	294510	276
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	294510	510
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	1	294510	100
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	294506	484
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	1	294507	628
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	294507	46
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	294514	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	294514	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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