Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ishkashim District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

mindat Locality ID: 218370
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-218370.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ishkashim District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Eshkashim Pegmatite Field (Ishkashim; Ishkashem)
Kukh-i-Lal (Kukhilal; Kuhi-lal)

Latitude: 36°34'29"N
Longitude: 71°37'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.574722222222,71.628888888889

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.

Andalusite	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Humite	Hydrotalcite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Columbite-(Mg) ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*
Spodumene ()*

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Na Nb O S Si Sn Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Beryl Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Humite Hydrotalcite Mica
Nickeline None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Tourmaline

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	39,40,41,43,46	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	46	1310
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	39,43	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	45	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	40,41,42,43	5171
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	2	45,46	236
Columbite-(Mg) ()*	Columbite	MgNb₂O₆	1	46	8
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	46	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	45	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	45	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	46	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	46	648
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	45	2812
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	1	45	87
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	39,41	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39	17380
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	45	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	41,45,46	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	45,46	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	45,46	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	5	39,40,41,42,43	688

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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