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:
Pyandzh River Valley, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan

mindat Locality ID: 210346
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210346.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pyandzh River Valley, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Darai-Stazh River
Kukh-i-Lal (Kukhilal; Kuhi-lal)
Mulvoj

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

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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Garnet	Kornerupine	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sapphirine	Spinel	Talc
Tourmaline	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Gedrite ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Prismatine ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sapphirine ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Uraninite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Fluorite Garnet Kornerupine Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sapphirine Spinel Talc
Tourmaline Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	115543	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	115546	718
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	115543	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	115543	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	115543,115546	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	115543,115546	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	115543	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	115543	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	115543,115545,115546	648
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	115543	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	115543	1188
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	115546	178
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	2	115543,115546	68
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	115546	1507
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	115543	1487
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	115543,115545,115546	2273
Prismatine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Al,Fe)₆Al₄(Si,Al)₄(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)₂₂	1	115545	10
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	115545	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	115543,115546	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	115543,115546	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	3	115543,115545,115546	129
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	115543	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3	115543,115544,115545	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	115543,115546	3337
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	115543,115545	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	115545	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	115543,115545,115546	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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