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Locality Name:
Pendzhikent (Penjikent; Panjakent), Zeravshan Range, Sughd, Tajikistan


mindat Locality ID: 205474
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205474.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pendzhikent (Penjikent; Panjakent), Zeravshan Range, Sughd, Tajikistan": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chinorsai Intrusion
Kaznok Valley

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Ag As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeIron
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStibniteTetradymite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hedleyite  (*)Iron  (*)Khamrabaevite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Montanite  (*)Mushistonite  (*)Natanite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)
Vismirnovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11156242793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11156219052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211156245509
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)22115620,11562296
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31115622214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2115621,1156221966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311156211935
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611156241633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2115621,11562227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211156245171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111562127198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211156229895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11156247437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2115621,11562230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11156202812
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te31115622104
Iron  (*)IronFe11156201089
Khamrabaevite  (*)RocksaltTiC11156207
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111562014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111562412537
Montanite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te6+O6·nH2O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)111562222
Mushistonite  (*)PerovskiteCu2+Sn4+(OH)611156247
Natanite  (*)PerovskiteFe2+Sn4+(OH)6111562414
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111562139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22115621,11562461156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21115624454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11156214894
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41115624668
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1115624332
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2111562456
Vismirnovite  (*)PerovskiteZnSn(OH)611156244



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070216Mushiston Deposit, Kaznok Valley, Pendzhikent (Penjikent; Panjakent), Zeravshan Range, Sughd, Tajikistanhttps://rruff.info/R070216


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